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What is the noun for scissor?

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scissors
  1. (rare) plural of scissor
  2. (countable, rugby) 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.
  3. (countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
  4. (countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
  5. (countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.
  6. (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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  8. Examples:
    1. “I need to find a pair of scissors to cut through this thick piece of fabric.”
scissor
  1. (rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.
  2. (India) Scissors.
  3. (noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
scissoring
  1. (uncommon, often figuratively) An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film.
  2. (uncommon, possibly dated) A clipping; something cut out (e.g. of a newspaper) with scissors.
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scissorings
  1. plural of scissoring
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It's got plenty to make them blanch if and when it is shown them, although the New York State censor board okayed it with insignificant scissorings.”
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