scissor

verb

Definition of scissornext
as in to slit

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Recent Examples of scissor That England avoided what would have been an embarrassing last-sixteen exit to Slovakia was thanks mostly to the individual brilliance of Jude Bellingham, its attacking prodigy, who scissored in an acrobatic finish at the death. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026 When Robby scissors through the uterus, a perfect flood of bloody fluid comes cascading outward, immediately filling the prosthetic belly’s cavity. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 At its base definition, scissoring is just about genital-to-genital stimulation, so anyone interested in doing so can scissor. — Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024 Stafford twisted free of an unblocked defender rushing up the middle, ducked under a second would-be tackler, then scissored his legs like a high-stepping Houdini an instant before finding the star receiver with a seven-yard scoring pass. — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for scissor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scissor
  1. slit
  2. crosscut
  3. slash
  4. shear
  5. split
  6. slice
  7. stab
  8. rip
Verb
  • In 2014 and 2017, there were very violent protests; people were burned alive, motorcyclists had their throats slit, health centers were set on fire, schools were set on fire.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 30 July 2026
  • The repeat was a cleaner A-line style with a round neckline, flared sleeves and a center slit through the midi skirt.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Definition of slit
Verb
  • No longer was the audience in its familiar seat of omniscient spectator, denying the editor the ability to crosscut and seamlessly switch perspectives across the action.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Stack two of the 11¾-inch rips and crosscut them to 33 inches long (photo 2).
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 Jan. 2023
Definition of crosscut
Verb
  • The government alleged that federal agents feared for their safety that day and that protesters damaged property, including slashing tires.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Due to federal funding cuts, universities have slashed the number of graduate students who receive financial support for their work.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of slash
Verb
  • Cotton/polyester fleece are brushed, sheared and sueded for a buttery soft hand feel.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
  • The fledgling storm was affected by shearing winds that forecasters expected to prevent it from building into the kind of hurricane that can sometimes quickly develop in the Gulf just offshore.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Definition of shear
Verb
  • As Ford Field Park is being set up with fun rides, Dearborn residents are split over the new curfew rule.
    — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Now the county is split among three districts that extend outward like spokes into rural areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • The first murder is a girl slicing into her slumbering mother’s neck with a hacksaw; then her brother pounds his father’s face in with a baseball bat.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Floating in zero gravity, players slice derelict spacecraft into salvageable chunks, while also contending with unruly physics, pressure, and profit margins.
    — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of slice
Verb
  • This time, in the middle of the afternoon on Friday, in a tourist and family hotspot, a man was stabbed and rushed to the hospital after a fight with another man, police say.
    — Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Last August, Iryna Zarutska, a white 23-year-old immigrant from Ukraine, was stabbed on the light rail by a man suffering from mental illness.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of stab
Verb
  • The images her sister captured after the strike show the trajectory of the projectile, which ripped through floor after floor, and left a gaping hole covered in a thick layer of white dust.
    — Ava Bambuck, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As if it were ripped from a movie script, Crow-Armstrong slugged a leadoff home run in the first — just as Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani had in the top of the inning to cap a 10-pitch at-bat against Shota Imanaga.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of rip

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