cut
(mostly, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(mostly, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.
Origin: From , of origin, from , *kutta, from , *kuttaną, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to (compare ). Sometimes instead compared to , itself from . Compare , kit); also akin to Middle (compare dialectal , kuta, , kytti), , , , , , kytel, kjutul. Displaced native (from ; compare ), 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(transitive, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
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