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scissors noun

  /ˈsɪzəz/ , /ˈsɪzɚz/
  • (countable, usually, construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
 sakset

scissor noun

  /ˈsɪzə/ , /ˈsɪzɚ/
  • (rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.
 saksenterä
  • (noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
 saksi

scissor verb

  /ˈsɪzə/ , /ˈsɪzɚ/
  • (transitive) To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
 leikata saksilla, saksia
  • (transitive) To excise or expunge something from a text.
 leikata, saksia
  • (transitive, intransitive) To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
 saksata
  • (intransitive, sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
 saksittaa

scissoring noun

  • (sex) A sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
 saksitus
nail scissors
kynsisakset
run with scissors
koheltaa
scissors crisis
saksikriisi
rock paper scissors
kivi-paperi-sakset, kivi-sakset-paperi
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