unscissor

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verb

To become uncrossed or separate, like a pair of scissors opening

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbunscissor (third-person singular simple present unscissors, present participle unscissoring, simple past and past participle unscissored)

present singular third person unscissors · participle present unscissoring · participle past unscissored · past unscissored

  1. To become uncrossed or separate, like a pair of scissors opening

    The jaws unscissor and the monster thrashes off in spirals.

    2001, David Mitchell, chapter 1, in number9dream, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN
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APA

unscissor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscissor

MLA

“unscissor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscissor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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