'To cut in' definitions:
Definition of 'To cut in'
From: GCIDE
- Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. i.
- 1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster]
- Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. --Holmes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument. [1913 Webster]
- He saved the lives of thousands by his manner of cutting for the stone. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make a stroke with a whip. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To interfere, as a horse. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt. [1913 Webster]
- To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field.
- To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.]
- To cut in or To cut into, to interrupt; to join in anything suddenly.
- To cut up. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] "When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To cut in'
- Cut,
- Cut Off,
- Cutting,
- Cuttingly,
- To cut down,
- To cut into,
- To cut off,
- To cut out,
- To cut under,
- To cut up,
- cut down,
- cut in,
- cut into,
- cut it out,
- cut out,
- cut through,
- cut to,
- cut up,
- cutting off,
- cutting out,
- A cut in rates,
- A short cut,
- Cut Bank,
- Cut Off, LA,
- Cut and Shoot,
- Cut and dried,
- Cut and longtail,
- Cut cavendish,
- Cut film,
- Cut flowers,
- Cut glass,
- Cut nail,
- Cut stone,
- Cut-off,
- Cut-out,
- Cutting die,
- Fine cut,
- Glass cutting,
- Side cut,
- To cut a caper,
- To cut a curlycue,
- To cut a dash,
- To cut a dido,
- To cut a feather,
- To cut a figure,
- To cut a play,
- To cut across,
- To cut and run,
- To cut both ways,
- To cut corners,
- To cut lots,
- To cut rates,
- To cut short,
- To cut stick,
- To cut teeth,
- To cut the cards,
- To cut the knot,
- To cut to pieces,
- To cut up shines,
- To draw cuts,
- Wood cut,
- brush cut,
- budget cut,
- clean cut,
- cold cuts,
- cost cutting,
- crew cut,
- cut across,
- cut away,
- cut back,
- cut corners,
- cut cut-rate,
- cut loose,
- cut of beef,
- cut of lamb,
- cut of meat,
- cut of mutton,
- cut of pork,
- cut of veal,
- cut price,
- cut rate,
- cut short,
- cut the mustard,
- cut to ribbons,
- cut to the chase,
- cut-in,
- cut-up,
- cutting angle,
- cutting board,
- cutting edge,
- cutting implement,
- cutting remark,
- cutting room,
- cutting tool,
- final cut,
- jump cut,
- lickety cut,
- pay cut,
- press cutting,
- price cut,
- price cutting,
- rough cut,
- salary cut,
- spending cut,
- tax cut,
- Automatic cut-off,
- Clean-cut,
- Clear-cut,
- Cut Bank, MT,
- Cut and Shoot, TX,
- Draw-cut,
- Fixed cut-off,
- Governor cut-off,
- Rose-cut,
- Screw-cutting,
- Sharp-cut,
- The cut of one's jib,
- To cut one's eyeteeth,
- To cut one's stick,
- To cut the Gordian knot,
- To have cut one's eyeteeth,
- cut-and-dried,
- cut-and-dry,
- cut-and-thrust,
- cut-price,
- cut-rate,
- cutting-edge,
- fresh-cut,
- low-cut,
- metal-cutting,
- rough-cut,
- sword-cut,
- wide-cut,
- Cross-cut file,
- Second-cut file,
- Single-cut file,
- To cut one's wisdom teeth,
- cut gashed slashed split,
- cut-rate sale,
- leaf-cutting bee,
- rose-cutting bee