3syllables
scissoring
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scissoring is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, scissoring is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofscissoring
1verb
- To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
- To excise or expunge something from a text.
Example: "The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record."
- To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.
- To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
Example: "The runner scissored over the hurdles."
- (sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
- To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
1noun
- An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film.
- (possibly obsolete) A clipping; something cut out (e.g. of a newspaper) with scissors.
- (sex) A sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
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