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scissorsbill

scissorsbill is the alternative form of scissorbill.

Meaning of scissorbill

Noun

scissorbill (plural scissorbills)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of skimmer: birds of the genus Rynchops.
    Synonyms:
    skimmer
  2. (US, archaic) Synonym of razorback: a variety of pig.
    Synonyms:
    razorback
  3. (US, derogatory) A fool, an incompetent; a yokel, a hick.
  4. (archaic, derogatory, IWW slang) A foolish worker who lacks class consciousness and opposes unions; also, a company man, a drone, .

Forms of scissorsbill

pluralscissorsbills

Questions about scissorsbill

What is scissorsbill the alternative form of?
Scissorsbill is the alternative form of scissorbill.

Words near scissorsbill in the dictionary

  1. scissors paper stone
  2. scissors-and-paste
  3. scissors-congruent
  4. scissors-glasses
  5. scissors-tailed
  6. scissorsbill
  7. scissorsbills
  8. scissorsed
  9. scissorses
  10. scissorsing
  11. scissorsmith

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scissorsbill (page history and authors); scissorbill (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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