cutting

Meaning

1. The action of the verb to cut.
2. A section removed from a larger whole.
3. A section removed from a larger whole.
4. A section removed from a larger whole.
5. An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
6. An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
7. The editing of film or other recordings.
8. The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
9. The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.

Frequency

Hyphenated as

cut‧ting

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/

Etymology

From cut + -ing.

New

cut

1. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
2. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
3. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
4. (slang) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
5. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
6. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
7. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
8. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
9. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
10. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
11. To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
12. To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
13. To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
14. To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
15. (slang) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
16. To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
17. To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
18. To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
19. To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
20. To enter a queue in the wrong place.
21. To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
22. To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
23. To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
24. To change direction suddenly.
25. To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
26. (slang) To make, to negotiate, to conclude.
27. (slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
28. To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
29. To stop, disengage, or cease.
30. To renounce or give up.
31. 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.
32. To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
33. To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
34. (slang) To move.