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scissors

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "scissors" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
8 characters
English (US)
2syllables

scissors

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

scissors is a polysyllabic word with 2 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, scissors is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofscissors

1noun
  • One blade on a pair of scissors.
  • Scissors.
  • (noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
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
  • (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.

    Example: "Scissors are used to cut the flowers."

  • An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.

    Example: "They executed a perfect scissors."

  • A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
  • An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
  • A scissors hold.
  • (rock paper scissors) A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and is loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

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