Meaning of "scissors"

scissors •

n.
• • 1. a tool or instrument for cutting: gunting
  • 2. to cut with scissors or shears: maggupit, gumupit, gupitin, maggunting, guntingin

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clip

v.
• • 1. to trim or cut (with scissors or shears): gumupit, gupitin, gupitan
  • 2. to hold or grip tightly with a clip: magklip, klipan, iklip, ikabit

n.
• • 1. paper clip: klip
  • 2. clip for the hair: ipit, sipit, klip

pair

n.
• • 1. a set of two, two that go together: pares, paris, pareha
  • 2. a single thing that cannot be used separately: In Tagalog this is rendered by the simple singular name of the subject. E.g. a "pair of scissors" or "scissors" are both expressed as gunting.
  • 3. two people who are married: mag-asawa, magkabiyak
  • 4. two people who are engaged to be married: magkatipan, magnobyo
  • 5. two animals or birds that are mated: mag-asawa, pares

v.
• • 1. to arrange or be arranged in pairs: magpareha, ipareha, pagparehahin, magpares, ipares, magtambal, itambal, pagtambalin
  • 2. to mate: magpareha, ipareha
  • 3. to pair off, to arrange in pairs or form into pairs: magpareha, pagparehahin, magtambal, pagtambalin

shear

v.
• • 1. to cut with shears or scissors: maggupit, gumupit, gupitin
  • 2. to cut wool or fleece from: gupitan
  • 3. to cut close, cut off: gupitan (gupitin) nang sagad

cut

n.
• • 1. a gash or incision: hiwa, sugat
  • 2. wound made by a "bolo": taga
  • 3. a piece that has been cut off: hiwa, piraso, putol
  • 4. reduction: bawas
  • 5. cut of a dress: tabas
  • 6. cut made by a scissors: gupit
  • 7. a very slight cut, scratch: galos, gasgas

v.
• • 1. to make an incision: humiwa, mahiwa, hiwain
  • 2. to cut with a "bolo": tumaga, mataga, tagain
  • 3. to cut down or to cut off: pumutol, putulin
  • 4. to cut down a banana plant or to cut off a bunch of the fruit: tumiba, tibain
  • 5. to cut into pieces: magputul-putol, pagputulputulin, paghiwa-hiwain
  • 6. to cut with scissors: maggupit, gumupit, gupitin, gupitan
  • 7. to cut off the head: pumugot, pugutan, pugutin
  • 8. to reduce: magbawas, bumawas, bawasan
  • 9. to divide: maghati, humati, hatiin, bahaginin, pagbahabahaginin
  • 10. to cut out a dress: tumabas, matabas, tabasin

slit

v.
• • 1. to cut or tear along a line: pumunit, punitin, lumaslas, maglaslas, laslasin, humiwa, hiwain
  • 2. to cut with scissors: gumupit, gupitin

n.
• • a straight, narrow cut or opening: punit, butas, laslas, bitas

gunting

n.
• • scissors

gupit

n.
• • haircut gumupit, magupit, gupitin (-um,mag-:-in)

v.
• • to cut with a pair of scissors or shears, to trim. Ginupit ng barbero ang aking buhok. The barber cut my hair.