Cut
/kʌt/
noun
- The act of cutting.
"He made a fine cut with his sword."
- The result of cutting.
"a smooth or clear cut"
- An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
"Look at this cut on my finger!"
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
"a cut for a railroad"
- A share or portion.
"The lawyer took a cut of the profits."
verb
- (heading) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- (heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
- (audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
"After the actors read their lines, the director yelled, "Cut!""
- To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
"The camera then cut to the woman on the front row who was clearly overcome and crying tears of joy."
adjective
- (participial adjective) Having been cut.
- Reduced.
"Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor."
- Omitted from a literary, musical or other work.
"My favourite song had been cut from the show."
- (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Cut"
Cut is a 3-letter word that scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Cut" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "cut" is a low-scoring word.