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Definition of uncut - 5 dictionary results

un⋅cut

  [uhn-kuht]
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–adjective
1. not cut.
2. not shortened or condensed; unabridged: an uncut version of the play.
3. in the original form; neither reduced in size nor given shape, as a diamond.
4. not diluted or mixed with other substances: uncut heroin.
5. Bookbinding. untrimmed (def. 2).
6. Slang. not circumcised.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME unkyt. See un- 1 , cut

un⋅trimmed

  [uhn-trimd]
–adjective
1. not trimmed.
2. Also, uncut. Bookbinding. (of gathered sections of a book) having the bolts untrimmed by a guillotine or plow.
Origin:
1525–35; un- 1 + trimmed

Related forms:
un⋅trimmed⋅ness, noun
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un·cut   (ŭn-kŭt')   
adj.  

  1. Not cut: uncut hair.

  2. Printing Having the page edge not slit or trimmed. Used of a book.

  3. Not cut or ground to a specific shape. Used of a gemstone.

  4. Not condensed, abridged, or shortened, as by an editor or censor: the uncut version of the scandalous story.

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

un·cut'ta·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
uncut

  1. mod.
    unedited; not shortened by editing. : The uncut version is too long.
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

uncut 
1426, "not gashed or wounded," from un- (1) "not" + cut (v.). Of books, "not having the leaves slit open" it is recorded from 1828; of plays, etc., "without excisions," it is attested from 1896.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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