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cut⋅ting

  [kuht-ing]
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–noun
1. the act of a person or thing that cuts.
2. something cut, cut off, or cut out.
3. Horticulture. a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant and used for propagation.
4. something made by cutting, as a recording.
5. Chiefly British. a clipping from a newspaper, magazine, etc.
6. British. a trenchlike excavation, esp. through a hill, as one made in constructing a highway.
–adjective
7. that cuts; penetrating or dividing by, or as if by, a cut.
8. piercing, as a wind.
9. wounding the feelings severely; sarcastic.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see cut, -ing 1 , -ing 2

Related forms:
cut⋅ting⋅ly, adverb
cut⋅ting⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
9. caustic, biting, mordant, acid, sardonic.

cut

  [kuht] verb, cut, cut⋅ting, adjective, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
2. to divide with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever; carve: to cut a rope.
3. to detach with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; separate from the main body; lop off: to cut a slice from a loaf of bread.
4. to hew or saw down; fell: to cut timber.
5. to trim by clipping, shearing, paring, or pruning: to cut hair.
6. to mow; reap; harvest: to cut grain.
7. to abridge or shorten; edit by omitting a part or parts: to cut a speech.
8. to lower, reduce, diminish, or curtail (sometimes fol. by down): to cut prices.
9. to dilute; make less thick: to cut wine.
10. to dissolve: That detergent cuts grease effectively.
11. to intersect; cross: One line cuts another at right angles.
12. Informal. to cease; discontinue (often fol. by out): Cut the kidding. Let's cut out the pretense.
13. to stop; halt the running of, as a liquid or an engine (often fol. by off): The pilot cut the engines and glided in for a landing. Cut off the hot water.
14. to dilute or adulterate (a drug) by mixing it with other substances.
15. to grow (a tooth or teeth) through the gum: The baby is cutting his teeth.
16. to type, write, or draw on (a stencil) for mimeographing.
17. to make or fashion by cutting, as a statue, jewel, or garment.
18. Glassmaking. to produce a pattern (in glass) by grinding and polishing.
19. to refuse to recognize socially; shun ostentatiously: Her friends began to cut her as the season progressed.
20. to strike sharply, as with a whip.
21. to absent oneself from: allowed to cut three classes per semester.
22. Movies, Television.
a. to stop (a scene or shot being filmed).
b. to edit (a film).
23. to wound the feelings of severely.
24. Cards.
a. to divide (a pack of cards) at random into two or more parts, by removing cards from the top.
b. to take (a card) from a deck.
25. to record a selection on (a phonograph record or tape); make a recording of.
26. to castrate or geld.
27. Sports. to hit (a ball) with either the hand or some instrument so as to change its course and often to cause it to spin.
28. to hollow out; excavate; dig: to cut a trench.
29. Cricket. to strike and send off (a ball) in front of the batsman, and parallel to the wicket.
30. Slang. to be a nonplaying dealer, manager, or supervisor of (a card game, crap game, or other gambling game) in return for a percentage of the money bet or sometimes for a fee.
–verb (used without object)
31. to penetrate or divide something, as with a sharp-edged instrument; make an incision: The scissors cut well.
32. to admit of being cut: Butter cuts easily.
33. to pass, go, or come, esp. in the most direct way (usually fol. by across, through, in, etc.): to cut across an empty lot.
34. Movies, Television.
a. to shift suddenly from one shot to another: Cut to the barroom interior.
b. to stop the action of a scene: used as a command by a director.
35. to make a sudden or sharp turn in direction; change direction suddenly; swerve: We cut to the left to avoid hitting the child.
36. to strike a person, animal, etc., sharply, as with a whip.
37. to wound the feelings severely: His criticism cut deep.
38. (of the teeth) to grow through the gums.
39. Cards. to cut the cards.
40. Informal. to leave hastily: to cut for the hills.
41. (of a horse) to interfere.
–adjective
42. that has been subjected to cutting; divided into pieces by cutting; detached by cutting: cut flowers.
43. fashioned by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding, polishing, or the like: cut diamonds.
44. reduced by or as if by cutting: cut whiskey; cut prices.
45. Botany. incised; cleft.
46. castrated; gelded.
47. Slang. drunk.
–noun
48. the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
49. the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel.
50. a piece cut off: a cut of a pie.
51. Informal. a share, esp. of earnings or profits: His agent's cut is 20 percent.
52. a haircut, often with a styling.
53. a reduction in price, salary, etc.
54. the manner or fashion in which anything is cut: the cut of a dress.
55. style; manner; kind: We need a man of his cut in this firm.
56. a passage or course straight across or through: a cut through the woods.
57. an excision or omission of a part.
58. a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted.
59. a quantity cut, esp. of lumber.
60. a refusal to recognize an acquaintance.
61. an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings.
62. an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing.
63. a printed picture or illustration.
64. an absence, as from a school class, at which attendance is required.
65. Butchering. part of an animal usually cut as one piece.
66. Cards. a cutting of the cards.
67. Sports.
a. the act of cutting a ball.
b. the spin imparted.
68. Fencing. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip.
69. one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots.
70. Movies, Television.
a. the instantaneous or gradual transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film.
b. an edited version of a film. Compare rough cut, final cut.
c. an act or instance of editing a film.
71. an individual song, musical piece, or other similar material on a record or tape.
72. any product of the fractional distillation of petroleum.
—Verb phrases
73. cut across, to precede or go beyond considerations of; transcend: The new tax program cuts across party lines.
74. cut down,
a. Also, cut down on. to lessen; decrease: to cut down on between-meal snacks.
b. to strike and cause to fall: The first force to attempt an advance was swiftly cut down.
c. to destroy, kill, or disable: The hurricane cut down everything in its path.
d. to remodel, remake, or reduce in size, as a garment: She had her old coat cut down to fit her daughter.
75. cut in,
a. to move or thrust oneself, a vehicle, etc., abruptly between others: A speeding car cut in and nearly caused an accident.
b. to interpose; interrupt: to cut in with a remark.
c. Informal. to interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.
d. to blend (shortening) into flour by means of a knife.
76. cut off,
a. to intercept.
b. to interrupt.
c. to stop suddenly; discontinue.
d. to halt the operation of; turn off.
e. to shut off or shut out.
f. to disinherit.
g. to sever; separate.
77. cut out,
a. to omit; delete; excise.
b. to oust and replace a rival; supplant.
c. to part an animal from a herd.
d. to plan; arrange: He has his work cut out for him.
e. to move out of one's lane of traffic.
f. Also, cut on out. Slang. to leave suddenly.
g. Informal. to refrain from; stop: to cut out smoking.
h. (of an engine, machine, etc.) to stop running.
78. cut up,
a. to cut into pieces or sections.
b. to lacerate; wound.
c. to distress mentally; injure.
d. Informal. to play pranks; misbehave: They got scolded for cutting up in church.
—Idioms
79. a cut above, somewhat superior to another (thing, person, etc.) in some respect: Her work is a cut above anyone else's.
80. cut a caper or figure, to perform a spirited, brief, outlandish dance step, esp. as a result of euphoria.
81. cut a figure,
a. cut a caper.
b. to give a certain impression of oneself: He cut a distinguished figure in his tuxedo.
82. cut and run,
a. Nautical. to cut the anchor cable and set sail, as in an emergency.
b. to leave as hurriedly as possible; flee.
83. cut back,
a. to shorten by cutting off the end.
b. to curtail or discontinue: Steel production has been cut back in recent months.
c. to return to an earlier episode or event, as in the plot of a novel.
d. Football. to reverse direction suddenly by moving in the diagonally opposite course.
84. cut both ways, to have, produce, or result in advantages as well as disadvantages: This decision will inevitably cut both ways.
85. cut or chop down to size, to reduce the stature or importance of: The novelist had a big ego until the critics cut him down to size.
86. cut it, Informal.
a. to achieve or maintain a desired level of performance: The aging football player decided he couldn't cut it any longer and retired.
b. to be effective or successful; satisfy a need.
87. cut it out, Informal. to stop doing something: That hurts! Cut it out!
88. cut no ice. ice (def. 25).
89. cut out for, fitted for; capable of: He wasn't cut out for military service.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME cutten, kytten, kitten, OE *cyttan; akin to OSw kotta to cut, ON kuti little knife

Synonyms:
1. gash, slash, slit, lance. 2. cleave, sunder, bisect. Cut, chop, hack, hew refer to giving a sharp blow or stroke. Cut is a general word for this: to cut the grass. To chop is to cut by giving repeated blows with something sharp, as an ax. To chop and to hew are practically interchangeable, but hew suggests keeping to a definite purpose: to chop or hew down a tree; to hew out a clearing. To hack is to cut or chop roughly and unevenly: to hack off a limb. 7. abbreviate, curtail.
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cut   (kŭt)   
v.   cut, cut·ting, cuts

v.   tr.

  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.

  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever: cut cloth with scissors.

  3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten: cut one's hair.

  4. To mow, reap, or harvest: cut grain; cut grass.

  5. To fell by sawing; hew.

  6. To have (a new tooth) grow through the gums.

    1. To form or shape by severing or incising: a doll that was cut from paper.

    2. To form or shape by grinding: cut a diamond.

    3. To form by penetrating, probing, or digging: cut a trench.

    4. To exhibit the appearance or give the impression of: cuts a fine figure on the dance floor.

    5. To separate from a main body; detach: cut a limb from a tree.

    6. To separate from a group: cut a calf from a herd.

    7. To discharge from a group or number: had to cut six players from the team.

    8. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.

    9. Computer Science To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.

    10. To perform: cut a caper.

    11. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.

    12. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).

    13. To make a recording of.

    1. To form by penetrating, probing, or digging: cut a trench.

    2. To exhibit the appearance or give the impression of: cuts a fine figure on the dance floor.

    3. To separate from a main body; detach: cut a limb from a tree.

    4. To separate from a group: cut a calf from a herd.

    5. To discharge from a group or number: had to cut six players from the team.

    6. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.

    7. Computer Science To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.

    8. To perform: cut a caper.

    9. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.

    10. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).

    11. To make a recording of.

    1. To separate from a main body; detach: cut a limb from a tree.

    2. To separate from a group: cut a calf from a herd.

    3. To discharge from a group or number: had to cut six players from the team.

    4. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.

    5. Computer Science To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.

    6. To perform: cut a caper.

    7. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.

    8. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).

    9. To make a recording of.

  10. To pass through or across; cross: a sailboat cutting the water.

  11. Games To divide (a deck of cards) into two parts, as in completing a shuffle or in exposing a card at random.

  12. To reduce the size, extent, or duration of; curtail or shorten: cut a payroll; cut a budget; cut the cooking time in half.

    1. To remove or delete: cut a line from a poem.

    2. Computer Science To remove (a segment) from a document or graphics file for storage in a buffer.

    3. To perform: cut a caper.

    4. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.

    5. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).

    6. To make a recording of.

  14. To lessen the strength of; dilute: cut whiskey with water.

  15. To dissolve by breaking down the fat of: Soap cuts grease.

  16. To injure the feelings of; hurt keenly.

  17. To refuse to speak to or recognize; snub: cut me dead at the party.

  18. To fail to attend purposely: cut a class.

  19. Informal To cease; stop: cut the noise; cut an engine.

  20. Sports To strike (a ball) so that it spins in a reverse direction.

    1. To perform: cut a caper.

    2. To make out and issue: cut a check to cover travel expenses.

    3. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).

    4. To make a recording of.

  22. Slang To be able to manage; handle successfully: couldn't cut the long hours anymore.

  23. To stop filming (a movie scene).

    1. To record a performance on (a phonograph record or other medium).

    2. To make a recording of.

  25. To edit (film or recording tape).

  26. Vulgar Slang To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).

v.   intr.

  1. To make an incision or a separation: Cut along the dotted line.

  2. To allow incision or severing: Butter cuts easily.

  3. To function as a sharp-edged instrument.

    1. To remove part of something, such as a text or film.

    2. Computer Science To remove a part of a document or graphics file and store it in a buffer.

  5. To grow through the gums. Used of teeth.

  6. To injure someone's feelings: a remark that cut without mercy.

  7. To change direction abruptly: Cut to the left at the next intersection.

  8. To go directly and often hastily: cut across a field.

  9. Games To divide a pack of cards into two parts, especially in order to make a chance decision or selection.

  10. To make an abrupt change of image or sound, as in filming: cut from one shot to another.

  11. To be very astute and penetrating: an analysis that cuts deep.

n.  

  1. The act of cutting.

  2. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge.

  3. A part that has been cut from a main body: a cut of beef; a cut of cloth.

  4. A passage made by digging or probing.

  5. The elimination or removal of a part: a cut in a speech.

  6. A reduction: a cut in salary.

  7. Sports The remainder of contestants in a competition, especially in golf, after some have been eliminated: did very well but still missed the cut.

  8. The style in which a garment is cut: a suit of traditional cut.

  9. A haircut.

  10. Informal A portion of profits or earnings; a share.

  11. A wounding remark; an insult.

  12. An unexcused absence, as from school or a class.

  13. A step in a scale of value or quality; degree: a cut above the average.

  14. Printing

    1. An engraved block or plate.

    2. A print made from such a block.

  15. Sports A stroke that causes a ball to spin in a reverse direction.

  16. Baseball A swing of a bat.

  17. Games The act of dividing a deck of cards into two parts, as before dealing.

  18. One of the objects used in drawing lots.

  19. An abrupt change of image or sound, as between shots in a film.

  20. A transition from one scene to another in a film, video, or television program.

  21. A movie at a given stage in its editing: approved the final cut for distribution.

  22. A single selection of music from a recording, especially a phonograph recording.

adj.  

  1. Having the ends or edges cut: admired his newly cut hair.

  2. Having been cut or clipped off: cut grass that blew in the wind.

  3. Printing Having the page edge slit or trimmed. Used of a book.

  4. Ground to a specific shape: cut gemstones.

  5. Slang Circumcised. Used of a man or boy.

  6. To shorten by cutting; prune.

  7. To reduce or decrease: cut back production.

  8. To kill or strike down.

  9. To alter by removing extra or additional fittings: cut down a car for racing.

  10. To reduce the amount taken or used: cutting down on one's intake of rich foods.

  11. To move into a line of people or things out of turn.

  12. To interrupt: During the debate my opponent kept cutting in.

  13. To interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.

  14. To connect or become connected into an electrical circuit.

  15. To mix in with or as if with cutting motions: Measure out the flour and use a pair of knives to cut the shortening in.

  16. To include, especially among those profiting.

  17. To separate from others; isolate.

  18. To stop suddenly; discontinue.

  19. To shut off; bar.

  20. To interrupt the course or passage of: The infielder cut off the throw to the plate.

  21. To interrupt or break the line of communication of: The telephone operator cut us off.

  22. To disinherit: cut their heirs off without a cent.

  23. To remove by or as if by cutting.

  24. To form or shape by or as if by cutting.

  25. To take the place of; supplant.

  26. To suit or fit by nature: I'm not cut out to be a hero.

  27. To assign beforehand or by necessity; predetermine: We've got our work cut out for us.

  28. To deprive: felt cut out of all the fun.

  29. To stop; cease.

  30. Informal To depart hastily.

  31. Chiefly Southern U.S. To turn off (a light or television set).

  32. To behave in a playful, comic, or boisterous way; clown.

  33. To criticize severely.

Phrasal Verb(s):
cut back

  1. To shorten by cutting; prune.

  2. To reduce or decrease: cut back production.

cut down

  1. To kill or strike down.

  2. To alter by removing extra or additional fittings: cut down a car for racing.

  3. To reduce the amount taken or used: cutting down on one's intake of rich foods.

cut in

  1. To move into a line of people or things out of turn.

  2. To interrupt: During the debate my opponent kept cutting in.

  3. To interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them.

  4. To connect or become connected into an electrical circuit.

  5. To mix in with or as if with cutting motions: Measure out the flour and use a pair of knives to cut the shortening in.

  6. To include, especially among those profiting.

cut off

  1. To separate from others; isolate.

  2. To stop suddenly; discontinue.

  3. To shut off; bar.

  4. To interrupt the course or passage of: The infielder cut off the throw to the plate.

  5. To interrupt or break the line of communication of: The telephone operator cut us off.

  6. To disinherit: cut their heirs off without a cent.

cut out

  1. To remove by or as if by cutting.

  2. To form or shape by or as if by cutting.

  3. To take the place of; supplant.

  4. To suit or fit by nature: I'm not cut out to be a hero.

  5. To assign beforehand or by necessity; predetermine: We've got our work cut out for us.

  6. To deprive: felt cut out of all the fun.

  7. To stop; cease.

  8. Informal To depart hastily.

  9. Chiefly Southern U.S. To turn off (a light or television set).

cut up Informal

  1. To behave in a playful, comic, or boisterous way; clown.

  2. To criticize severely.


Idiom(s):
cut a fat hog Texas To take on more than one is able to accomplish: "Boy, has he cut a fat hog, as they say down home" (Hughes Rudd).

Idiom(s):
cut a wide swathTo make a big display; draw much attention.

Idiom(s):
cut both waysTo have both favorable and unfavorable results or implications.

Idiom(s):
cut cornersTo do something in the easiest or most inexpensive way.

Idiom(s):
cut down to sizeTo deflate the self-importance of.

Idiom(s):
cut it Informal To perform up to expectations or a required standard; be acceptable.

Idiom(s):
cut looseTo speak or act without restraint: cut loose with a string of curses.

Idiom(s):
cut no iceTo make no effect or impression: an objection that cut no ice with management.

Idiom(s):
cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) faceTo injure oneself in taking revenge against another.

Idiom(s):
cut (one's) lossesTo withdraw from a losing situation.

Idiom(s):
cut (one's) teeth onTo learn or do as a beginner or at the start of one's career.

Idiom(s):
cut shortTo stop before the end; abbreviate.

Idiom(s):
cut the cheese Vulgar Slang To expel intestinal gas.

Idiom(s):
cut the mustardTo perform up to expectations or to a required standard.

Idiom(s):
cut to the chaseTo get to the matter at hand.

[Middle English cutten.]
cut'ta·ble adj.
cut·ting   (kŭt'ĭng)   
adj.  

  1. Capable of or designed for incising, shearing, or severing: a cutting tool.

  2. Sharply penetrating; piercing: a cutting wind.

  3. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings of others: a cutting remark. See Synonyms at incisive.

n.  

  1. A part cut off from a main body.

  2. A part, such as a stem, leaf, or root, removed from a plant to propagate a new plant, as through rooting or grafting.

  3. An excavation made through high ground in a construction project.

  4. The editing of film or recording tape.

  5. Chiefly British A clipping, as from a newspaper.

cut'ting·ly adv.
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Slang Dictionary
cut (up)

  1. mod.
    having well-defined abdominal muscles. : Andy works hard to try to get a gut that's cut.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cut  (v.)
c.1275, possibly Scand., from N.Gmc. *kut-, or from O.Fr. couteau "knife." Replaced O.E. ceorfan "carve," sniþan, and scieran "shear." Meaning "to be absent without excuse" is British university slang from 1794. The noun meaning "gash, incision" is attested from 1530; meaning "piece cut off" is from 1591; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1568. To cut a pack of cards is from 1598. Cutthroat (n.) is first recorded 1535. Cutter "boat belonging to a ship of war" is attested from 1745, possibly so called from the way it "cuts" through the water. Cutting edge (adj.) in fig. sense first recorded 1985.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2cut
Function: noun
1 : a product of cutting: as a : an opening made with an edged instrument b : a woundmade by something sharp
2 : a stroke or blow with the edge of a sharp implement (as a knife)
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cut (kŭt)
v. cut, cut·ting, cuts

  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.

  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.

  3. To make an incision or a separation.

  4. To have a new tooth grow through the gums.

  5. To form or shape by severing or incising.

  6. To separate from a body; detach.

  7. To lessen the strength of; dilute.

n.

  1. The act of cutting.

  2. The result of cutting, especially an opening or wound made by a sharp edge.

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Bible Dictionary

Cutting

the flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1). The tearing of the flesh from grief and anguish of spirit in mourning for the dead was regarded as a mark of affection (Jer. 16:6; 41:5; 48:37). Allusions are made in Revelation (13:16; 17:5; 19:20) to the practice of printing marks on the body, to indicate allegiance to a deity. We find also references to it, through in a different direction, by Paul (Gal. 6; 7) and by Ezekiel (9:4). (See HAIR.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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