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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.
 schaar

scissor verb

  /ˈsɪzə/ , /ˈsɪzɚ/
  • (transitive) To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
 knippen

scissoring noun

  • (sex) A sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
 scharen
nail scissors
nagelschaar
rock paper scissors
steen, papier, schaar, blad-steen-schaar, schaar steen papier
manicure scissors
nagelschaar
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