scissorlike

[ siz-er-lahyk ]

adjective

1. like scissors; scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors. scissors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scissorlike¹

First recorded in 1865–70; scissor(s) + -like

Example Sentences

Peele has also pointed out that rabbit ears are scissorlike.

From Slate

The researchers designed bits of genetic material that directed the scissorlike Cas9 protein to cut out 35 of the 45 alpha-gliadin genes.

From Scientific American

Playing Black, Boden hit on the brilliant, scissorlike dance of the bishops used to deliver his eponymous mate.

From Washington Times

To upgrade their DNA “switches,” Wong and his colleagues steered clear of transcription factors and instead switched human kidney cell genes on and off using scissorlike enzymes that selectively cut out snippets of DNA.

From Science Magazine

This is a “very gruesome type of abortion,” in which abortionists use a scissorlike tool to “rip the arms and legs” off an unborn child’s body and let it bleed to death, Mr. Love, a Republican, told The Washington Times.

From Washington Times