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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.
  • (rock paper scissors) A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
 ciseaux

scissor noun

  /ˈsɪzə/ , /ˈsɪzɚ/
  • (rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.
 ciseau

scissoring noun

  • (sex) A sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
 tribadisme

scissor verb

  /ˈsɪzə/ , /ˈsɪzɚ/
  • (transitive) To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
 couper aux ciseaux
rock paper scissors
chifoumi, pierre-feuille-ciseaux
pair of scissors
ciseaux
rock-paper-scissors
pierre-feuille-ciseaux
nail scissors
ciseaux à ongles
scissors-glasses
binocles-ciseaux
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