scissored; scissoring
ˈsi-zə-riŋ 
ˈsiz-riŋ
: to cut, cut up, or cut off with scissors or shears
scissored the paper into strips
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Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
Week 10, 11:45 remaining in the first quarter, first-and-10
Against the Bears, the Patriots had a scissors concept called with tight end Austin Hooper running a corner route.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024
Stafford twisted free of an unblocked defender rushing up the middle, ducked under a second would-be tackler, then scissored his legs like a high-stepping Houdini an instant before finding the star receiver with a seven-yard scoring pass.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Ditch the knife: Use scissors to more easily cut the marshmallows in half.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024
Week 10, 11:45 remaining in the first quarter, first-and-10
Against the Bears, the Patriots had a scissors concept called with tight end Austin Hooper running a corner route.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
Sizzle highlighted above, there are a lot of assumptions around who can scissor.
—Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024
Stafford twisted free of an unblocked defender rushing up the middle, ducked under a second would-be tackler, then scissored his legs like a high-stepping Houdini an instant before finding the star receiver with a seven-yard scoring pass.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Scissor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scissor. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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