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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6.
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 (kjuːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | appealing or attractive, esp in a pretty way |
| 2. | informal chiefly (US) sexually attractive |
| 3. | informal affecting cleverness or prettiness |
| 4. | clever; shrewd |
| [C18 (in the sense: clever): shortened from | |
| 'cutely | |
| —adv | |
| 'cuteness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cute
1731, shortening of acute; informal sense of "pretty" is 1834, Amer.Eng. student slang.
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