ALL meanings of cutoff
cut·off
C c - countable noun cutoff A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening. 3
- countable noun cutoff The cutoff of a supply or service is the complete stopping of the supply or service. 3
- noun cutoff the act of cutting off; esp., the limit or ending set for a process, activity, etc. 3
- noun cutoff a road or passage that cuts across, shortening the distance 3
- noun cutoff a new and shorter channel cut by a river across a bend, or dug out to straighten it 3
- noun cutoff the water thus cut off 3
- noun cutoff the act of stopping steam, etc. from entering the cylinder of an engine 3
- noun cutoff any device for cutting off the flow of a fluid, a connection, etc. 3
- noun cutoff jeans with the legs cut off at or above the knees, or shorts made to look like this 3
- adjective cutoff of an arbitrary ending or limit 3
- adjective cutoff having to do with a fielder who is in a position to relay a throw from an outfielder to an infielder in an attempt to put out a base runner 3
- noun cutoff an act or instance of cutting off. 1
- noun cutoff something that cuts off. 1
- noun cutoff a road, passage, etc., that leaves another, usually providing a shortcut: Let's take the cutoff to Baltimore. 1
- noun cutoff a new and shorter channel formed in a river by the water cutting across a bend in its course. 1
- noun cutoff Of or constituting a limit. 1
- noun cutoff a point, time, or stage serving as the limit beyond which something is no longer effective, applicable, or possible. 1
- noun cutoff cutoffs, Also, cut-offs. shorts made by cutting the legs off a pair of trousers, especially jeans, above the knees and often leaving the cut edges ragged. 1
- noun cutoff Accounting. a selected point at which records are considered complete for the purpose of settling accounts, taking inventory, etc. 1
- noun cutoff Baseball. an infielder's interception of a ball thrown from the outfield in order to relay it to home plate or keep a base runner from advancing. 1
- noun cutoff Machinery. arrest of the steam moving the pistons of an engine, usually occurring before the completion of a stroke. 1
- noun cutoff Electronics. (in a vacuum tube) the minimum grid potential preventing an anode current. 1
- noun cutoff Rocketry. the termination of propulsion, either by shutting off the propellant flow or by stopping the combustion of the propellant. 1
- adjective cutoff being or constituting the limit or ending: a cutoff date for making changes. 1
- noun cutoff limit 1
- noun plural cutoff denim shorts 1
- noun cutoff The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. 0
- noun cutoff A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. 0
- noun cutoff A device that stops the flow of a current. 0
- noun cutoff A cessation in a flow or activity. 0
- noun cutoff (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button preflop in Texas hold 'em. 0
- noun cutoff (chiefly in the plural) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers. 0