scissor

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relating to or like scissors:

a scissor blade

The blades pass each other in a scissor action.

to cut something with a pair of scissors :

I scissored myself out of one photo.

Eventually the itching was too much for him and he scissored the plaster cast off.

Hold the paper firmly while scissoring.

to move or exist in a pattern of lines crossing something or each other:

A tall man swept in, long limbs scissoring with his stride.

The masts and sails of anchored vessels scissored the skyline.