scissoring
noun, verb
scissoring is spelled S-C-I-S-S-O-R-I-N-G: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scissoring means “An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scissoring is scissorings.
How many letters and syllables are in scissoring?
| Letters | 10: S-C-I-S-S-O-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is scissoring?
Scissoring appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce scissoring?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-scissoring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scissoring
- scissorings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scissoring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film.
- 2
datedA clipping; something cut out (e.g. of a newspaper) with scissors.
- 3
A sex act in which two people intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of scissor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scissoring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sex act:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ciseaux, tribadisme |
| Spanish | tijereta, tijera, tribadismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does scissoring come from?
From scissor + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).