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adjective, cut·er, cut·est.
1.
attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
2.
appealing and delightful; charming: What a cute toy!
3.
affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious: The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms.
4.
mentally keen; clever; shrewd.
noun
5.
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness: The young actress has a bad case of the cutes.
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Cutest
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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meet cute, Informal.
a.
(of a romantic couple) to meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way: In this type of movie the boy and girl always meet cute.
b.
Also, meet-cute. a situation or occasion when potential romantic partners meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way: a classic Hollywood meet cute; his meet-cute with Jane in the bookstore.
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cute
1731, shortening of acute; informal sense of "pretty" is 1834, Amer.Eng. student slang.
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