cutback
Use Cutback in a sentence
noun
1.
a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.: a cutback in production.
2.
a return in the course of a story, motion picture, etc., to earlier events.
3.
4.
a maneuver in surfing of heading the surfboard back toward a wave's crest.
Origin:
1895–1900; noun use of verb phrase cut back
1895–1900; noun use of verb phrase cut back
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cutback (ˈkʌtˌbæk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a decrease or reduction |
| 2. | another word (esp US) for flashback |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 3. | (tr) to shorten by cutting off the end; prune |
| 4. | to reduce or make a reduction (in) |
| 5. | chiefly (US) (intr) (in films) to show an event that took place earlier in the narrative; flash back |
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Example sentences
Cutback and emulsified asphalt are used in nearly all paving applications.
He makes quick decisions and closes quickly, but sometimes that takes him out of plays against cutback runners.
Sample cutback asphalt and asphalt filler at random at a rate of not less than ten percent of both storage tanks and shipments.
And the cutback in defense spending has slowed the economy and brought higher unemployment than anyone finds satisfactory.
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