cut

cut

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Translingual

Symbol

cut

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Teutila Cuicatec.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Teutila Cuicatec terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English cutten, kitten, kytten, ketten (“to cut”) (compare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”). Displaced native Middle English snithen (from Old English snīþan; compare German schneiden), which still survives in some dialects as snithe or snead. See snide. Adjective sense of "drunk" (now rare and now usually used in the originally jocular derivative form of half-cut) dates from the 17th century, from cut in the leg, to have cut your leg, euphemism for being very drunk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʌt/
  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /kʊt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌt

Verb

cut (third-person singular simple present cuts, present participle cutting, simple past cut or (nonstandard) cutted, past participle cut or (archaic) cutten)

  1. (chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
    1. To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
    2. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
      Would you please cut the cake?
    3. To form or shape by cutting.
      I have three diamonds to cut today.
    4. (slang) To wound with a knife.
    5. (intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
      The patient said she had been cutting since the age of thirteen.
    6. (ambitransitive) To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
    7. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
    8. To castrate or geld.
    9. To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
  2. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
  3. (transitive, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
    1. To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
    2. To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
    3. To reduce, especially intentionally.
    4. To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
    5. (intransitive, slang) To leave abruptly.
      Synonym: (slang) dip
  4. (transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
    Synonym: spear
  5. (intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
  6. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
  7. (transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
  8. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
  9. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
  10. (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  11. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
  12. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
  13. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.
  15. (transitive, slang) To make, to negotiate, to conclude.
    to cut a deal, to cut deals
    to cut a fantastic deal, to cut a raw deal
  16. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
  17. (transitive) To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
  18. (transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
    Synonym: cut out
  19. (transitive) To renounce or give up.
    Synonym: cut out
  20. (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
  22. (bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
    Coordinate term: bulk
  23. To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
    to cut a caper
  24. (slang, intransitive) To move.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:cut

Troponyms

  • chop, hack, slice, trim

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • copy
  • paste

Adjective

cut (comparative more cut, superlative most cut)

  1. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
  2. Reduced.
  3. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
  4. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
  5. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
  6. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
  7. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Upset, angry; emotionally hurt. [from 20th c.]
    • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 41:
      ‘Here y'are,’ says the happy butcher, dragging out a bucket. ‘Good riddance. But me dogs'll be cut tonight, I tell ya. That's their grub.’
  9. (slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

cut (countable and uncountable, plural cuts)

  2. (literal, figurative) The act of cutting.
    2. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
    4. (bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
  4. (literal, figurative) The result of cutting.
    2. An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
      2. Such a wound through human skin.
    4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
      2. Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
    6. An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
      Hyponym: canal
    8. A share or portion of profits.
    10. A decrease or deletion.
      Antonyms: hike (used in same contexts); increase
    11. The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
    13. A slab or slice, especially of meat.
    14. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
    15. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
    16. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
    17. (golf) In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
    18. (especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
    19. (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
    20. (card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
    21. (card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
    22. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
    23. An unkind act; a cruelty.
    24. (slang) An insult.
      • 1966-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
        We got out & there was a group of boppers, bout 25 of 'm in a group. They started yellin cuts, "queer" seemed to be the favorite they all began chanting it. "Hey, yer not gonna serve those queers, are ya Howie?"
    25. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
      Synonym: track
    26. (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
    27. A haircut.
    28. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
    29. (Internet) A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
    30. (rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
    31. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
    32. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
    33. (slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
    34. A skein of yarn.
    35. (slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
      Synonym: mix
    36. (fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
    38. (slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
      • 2021, Redferrin, "Stuck":
        She got me stuck. Like a truck, deep mud, deep ruts, way out in the cut. She got me stuck. Even four-wheel drive won't work this time, yeah.
      • 2023 January 9th, Santana Hannah, in JOLLY, "Brits try REAL Southern Fried Chicken for the first time!", YouTube, 11:27:
        We're off the beaten path from River Street downtown. So, it's, we're back here in the cut.
    39. (petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
    40. A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

cut!

  2. (film and television) An instruction to cease recording.
    Antonym: action!
    Near-synonym: scene!

Translations

See also

  • nut-cut (probably etymologically unrelated?)

References

Anagrams

  • TCU, TUC, UCT, UTC

Chinese

Etymology

From English cut.

Pronunciation

Verb

cut (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. to cut; to incise; to divide
    Synonym: 切
    cut開嚿牛扒／cut开嚿牛扒 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  kat1 hoi1 gau6 ngau4 paa4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to cut a steak into pieces
  2. to cut; to reduce
    Synonym: 削減 / 削减 (xuējiǎn)
    cut budget [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  kat1 bat1 zik4 [Jyutping]  ―  to reduce allocated budget
  3. to enter a queue at the wrong place; to switch directions suddenly
    cut線／cut线 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  kat1 sin3 [Jyutping]  ―  to change lanes when driving
  4. to terminate; to end; to sever
    cut線／cut线 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  kat1 sin3 [Jyutping]  ―  to end a call
    cut單／cut单 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  kat1 daan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to terminate an order
    cut咗張卡佢／cut咗张卡佢 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  kat1 zo2 zoeng1 kaat1 keoi5 [Jyutping]  ―  to cancel a credit card

Interjection

cut (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. (film and television) An instruction to cease recording

Derived terms

References

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Irish

Noun

cut m (genitive singular cuit, nominative plural cuit)

  1. Cois Fharraige form of cat (“cat”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cut”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kiput

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *likud, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud.

Noun

cut

  1. back (the rear of body)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sut/
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: cut

Verb

cut

  1. supine of cuś

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɨ̞t/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɪt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English cot, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“hut, cottage”).

Noun

cut m (plural cutiau)

  1. hut, shed
    Synonyms: cwt, sièd
  2. cottage, hovel
    Synonyms: bwthyn, caban
  3. pen, coop
    Synonyms: lloc, ffald, twlc
  4. cage
    Synonym: cawell
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English kite.

Noun

cut m (plural cutiaid)

  1. Alternative form of cud (“kite”)
    Synonym: barcud

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cut”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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