Concept cluster: Tools > Scissors or cutting tools
n
Pronunciation spelling of haircut. [The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.]
n
(archaic) An adze.
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(slang) Clipping of banter. [Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.]
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Alternative form of brush cut [(hairstyling) A closely-cropped male haircut in which the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush.]
n
The product of a single shearing of sheep.
v
To trim the flight feathers of a bird, usually poultry, to prevent flight.
n
Alternative form of clip joint. [(informal) An establishment, usually a strip club or bar, in which customers are tricked into paying money only to receive poor goods or services or none at all.]
adj
(art, rare, historical) Depicted on a round shield (clipeus).
n
(informal) The pacification of a domestic cat by pinching its scruff with a clip or clothespin.
n
(My Little Pony fandom slang) One who engages in clopping.
n
The act by which something is crimped.
n
A haircut.
n
(idiomatic) A person's general appearance, manner, or style.
n
Alternative form of cut and thrust [(idiomatic) The use of vehement arguments.]
n
Alternative form of cuttoe [(obsolete) A large knife or small sword.]
adj
Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
n
A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
v
(transitive, by extension) To project quickly; to snap.
v
To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
n
(now rare) The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
v
To cut with a laser.
v
To cut with a parang
v
To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
v
To cut off with a saw.
v
(nonstandard) To scissor; to cut as if with scissors.
v
(transitive) To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
n
An act or instance of cutting.
v
To cut the hair of (a person).
v
(transitive) To cut with an edge utilizing a drawing motion.
n
A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
v
To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
n
(countable, plural in form, usually with a plural verb) A kind of snips resembling scissors.
n
(uncountable) The act or process of someone who trims.

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