| 1. | Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity: We will insert a cut-in of the letter as she reads it. |
| 2. | Radio and Television. a commercial or other announcement inserted by a local station into a network broadcast. |
| 3. | the act of cutting in, as on a dancing couple. |

| cut-in | |
noun | |
| 1. | (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program |
| 2. | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film |