noun

• (uncommon, often figurative) An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film.
  "It's got plenty to make them blanch if and when it is shown them, although the New York State censor board okayed it with insignificant scissorings."
• (uncommon, possibly dated) A clipping; something cut out (e.g. of a newspaper) with scissors.
  "The whole work looks very much like somebody's scrapbook, a decidedly good one, however, scissorings from the current literature of the last ten years, with a moderate infusion of extracts from earlier sources, […]"
• (sex) A sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
  "Divya […] The evenings aren’t our most sexy time together, as a couple. Frankie Yeah, the scissoring tends to happen in the afternoon. We often combine it with a nap. We love napping."