Cut-out - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkʌt aʊt|
Brit.
|ˈkʌt aʊt|
adjective
- (idiomatic) Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.
I'm not really cut out for camping outdoors. I'm allergic to mosquito bites.
We've got our work cut out for us.
We've got our work cut out for us.
verb
- Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever
- To separate from a herd.
Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.
- To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop/cease (doing something).He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon
His diet consisted of cutting out white potatoes.
She kept clicking her heels. He told her to cut it out.
- To remove, omit.His diet consisted of cutting out white potatoes.
She kept clicking her heels. He told her to cut it out.
If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.
- To oust, to replace.- To separate from a herd.
The cowboy cut out the unbranded heifers.
- (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.
Can you say that again? You keep cutting out.
- (intransitive) To leave suddenly.Can you say that again? You keep cutting out.
He must have cut out of the party.
- (usually in passive) To arrange.He has his work cut out for him.
- To interceptnoun
- A device that disconnects an electric circuit
- A switch used in telegraphy to change the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
- A space or hole produced when something is removed by cutting; the piece so cut out
- (US) a railway cutting
- (US) the separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected
- A trusted middleman, especially in espionage
- A switch used in telegraphy to change the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
- A space or hole produced when something is removed by cutting; the piece so cut out
- (US) a railway cutting
- (US) the separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected
- A trusted middleman, especially in espionage
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