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cuttings

[kuht-ing]

cut·ting

[kuht-ing]
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.
EXPAND
6.
British. a trenchlike excavation, especially through a hill, as one made in constructing a highway.
COLLAPSE
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.

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Cuttings is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see cut, -ing1, -ing2

cut·ting·ly, adverb
cut·ting·ness, noun
non·cut·ting, adjective, noun
self-cut·ting, adjective


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

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