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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cut•ting /ˈkʌtɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the act of a person or thing that cuts, or something cut, cut off, or cut out.
- Botanya piece, such as a root or leaf, cut from a plant and used to start a new plant:gave us cuttings from his coleus plants.
- British Termsa clipping from a newspaper, etc.:She kept all the cuttings from the newspapers.
adj. - designed or used for cutting:[before a noun]a cutting tool.
- piercing, such as a wind:the cutting north wind.
- sarcastic:a vicious, cutting remark.
cut•ting•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cut•ting (kut′ing),USA pronunciation n. - the act of a person or thing that cuts.
- something cut, cut off, or cut out.
- Botany[Hort.]a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant and used for propagation.
- something made by cutting, as a recording.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a clipping from a newspaper, magazine, etc.
- British Termsa trenchlike excavation, esp. through a hill, as one made in constructing a highway.
adj. - that cuts;
penetrating or dividing by, or as if by, a cut. - piercing, as a wind.
- wounding the feelings severely;
sarcastic.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see cut, -ing1, -ing2
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged caustic, biting, mordant, acid, sardonic.
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