ALL meanings of cut-out
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C c - adjective cut-out Slang. drunk. 1
- noun cut-out the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc. 1
- noun cut-out the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel. 1
- noun cut-out a piece cut off: a cut of a pie. 1
- noun cut-out Informal. a share, especially of earnings or profits: His agent's cut is 20 percent. 1
- noun cut-out a haircut, often with a styling. 1
- noun cut-out a reduction in price, salary, etc. 1
- noun cut-out the manner or fashion in which anything is cut: the cut of a dress. 1
- noun cut-out style; manner; kind: We need a man of his cut in this firm. 1
- noun cut-out a passage or course straight across or through: a cut through the woods. 1
- noun cut-out an excision or omission of a part. 1
- noun cut-out a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted. 1
- noun cut-out a quantity cut, especially of lumber. 1
- noun cut-out a refusal to recognize an acquaintance. 1
- noun cut-out an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings. 1
- noun cut-out an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing. 1
- noun cut-out a printed picture or illustration. 1
- noun cut-out an absence, as from a school class, at which attendance is required. 1
- noun cut-out Butchering. part of an animal usually cut as one piece. 1
- noun cut-out Cards. a cutting of the cards. 1
- noun cut-out Sports. the act of cutting a ball. the spin imparted. 1
- noun cut-out Fencing. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip. 1
- noun cut-out one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots. 1
- noun cut-out Movies, Television. the instantaneous or gradual transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film. an edited version of a film. Compare rough cut, final cut. an act or instance of editing a film. 1
- noun cut-out an individual song, musical piece, or other similar material on a record or tape. 1
- noun cut-out any product of the fractional distillation of petroleum. 1
- idioms cut-out a cut above, somewhat superior to another (thing, person, etc.) in some respect: Her work is a cut above anyone else's. 1
- idioms cut-out cut a caper / figure, to perform a spirited, brief, outlandish dance step, especially as a result of euphoria. 1
- idioms cut-out cut a figure, cut a caper. to give a certain impression of oneself: He cut a distinguished figure in his tuxedo. 1
- idioms cut-out cut and run, Nautical. to cut the anchor cable and set sail, as in an emergency. to leave as hurriedly as possible; flee. 1
- idioms cut-out cut back, to shorten by cutting off the end. to curtail or discontinue: Steel production has been cut back in recent months. to return to an earlier episode or event, as in the plot of a novel. Football. to reverse direction suddenly by moving in the diagonally opposite course. 1
- idioms cut-out cut both ways, to have, produce, or result in advantages as well as disadvantages: This decision will inevitably cut both ways. 1
- idioms cut-out cut / 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. 1
- idioms cut-out cut it, Informal. to achieve or maintain a desired level of performance: The aging football player decided he couldn't cut it any longer and retired. to be effective or successful; satisfy a need. 1
- idioms cut-out cut it out, Informal. to stop doing something: That hurts! Cut it out! 1
- idioms cut-out cut no ice. ice (def 25). 1
- idioms cut-out cut out for, fitted for; capable of: He wasn't cut out for military service. 1
- noun cut-out A device that disconnects an electric circuit. 0
- noun cut-out A switch used in telegraphy to change the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit. 0
- noun cut-out A space or hole produced when something is removed by cutting; the piece so cut out. 0
- noun cut-out (US) a railway cutting. 0
- noun cut-out (US) the separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected. 0
- noun cut-out A trusted middleman, especially in espionage. 0