cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌt/
ipa: /kʊt/
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: cuts
Etymology: From Middle English cutten, kitten, kytten, ketten (“to cut”) (compare Scots kut, kit (“to cut”)), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *kytja, *kutta, from Proto-Germanic *kutjaną, *kuttaną (“to cut”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *kwetwą (“meat, flesh”) (compare Old Norse kvett (“meat”)). Akin to Middle Swedish kotta (“to cut or carve with a knife”) (compare dialectal Swedish kåta, kuta (“to cut or chip with a knife”), Swedish kuta, kytti (“a knife”)), Norwegian Bokmål kutte (“to cut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kutte (“to cut”), Icelandic kuta (“to cut with a knife”), Old Norse kuti (“small knife”), Norwegian kyttel, kytel, kjutul (“pointed slip of wood used to strip bark”). Displaced native Middle English snithen (from Old English snīþan; compare German schneiden), 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.
Senses: examples: text: He made a fine cut with his sword.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The act of cutting.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
qualifier: literal
glosses: The act of cutting.
An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: literal
glosses: The act of cutting.
A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
examples: text: a smooth or clear cut
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
examples: text: Look at this cut on my finger!
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
Such a wound through human skin.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
examples: text: a cut through the hillside for a railroad
text: which great cut or ditch Sesostris […] purposed to have made a great deale wider and deeper.
ref: 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
Such a passage dug for a roadway for a paved road or railroad, a canal, a runway, etc.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
An artificial channel for marine navigation, as distinguished from a navigable river.
examples: text: The taxman always gets his cut, and that's fine as long as it's a haircut and not an amputation.
text: The bank robbers disbanded after everyone got their cut of the money.
text: Starting today, UE5 is free to download and use, with Epic taking a 5% cut on products created with it only after they earn over $1 million in gross revenue.
ref: 2022 April 6, Andrew R. Chow, “Inside Epic's Unreal Engine 5”, in Time:
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A share or portion of profits.
examples: text: The boss took a 5% pay cut.
text: The editors went a little crazy making so many cuts.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A decrease or deletion.
antonyms: hike#Noun
;
increase#Noun
examples: text: I like the cut of that suit.
text: I like the cut of that jib.
text: with eyes severe and beard of formal cut
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
The manner or style in which a garment, other article of clothing, or sail is fashioned.
examples: text: That’s our finest cut of meat.
text: Cope pushed away his coffee-cup and asked the young Greek for a cut of pie.
ref: 1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Amidst Cross-Purposes”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, →OCLC, page 110:
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A slab or slice, especially of meat.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
In a stroke play competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
examples: text: The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts.
topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
examples: text: the director's cut
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A particular version or edit of a film.
examples: text: The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.
topics: card-games
games
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
topics: card-games
games
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
The card obtained by dividing the pack.
examples: text: Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, showed his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.
ref: 1819, Washington Irving, (Rip Van Winkle)::
text: After several experiences like this, I began to entertain a sort of respect for Kooloo, as quite a man of the world. In good sooth, he turned out to be one; in one week's time giving me the cut direct, and lounging by without even nodding. He must have taken me for part of the landscape.
ref: 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
An unkind act; a cruelty.
examples: 1966-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
We got out & there was a group of boppers, bout 25 of 'm in a group. They started yellin cuts, "queer" seemed to be the favorite they all began chanting it. "Hey, yer not gonna serve those queers, are ya Howie?"
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
An insult.
examples: text: The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.
text: Best cuts: "The Evil Dude," "Kung Fu, Too!" "Mama Love," "New Orleans" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer).
ref: 1975, Billboard, volume 87, number 24, page 50:
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
synonyms: track#Noun
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A haircut.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
examples: text: That's the TL;DR, anyway. You can find a more detailed version under the cut.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
examples: text: The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; [...].
ref: 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
examples: text: a book illustrated with fine cuts
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
examples: text: He's buy me a whit Cut, forth for to ride
ref: 1613–1614, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, “The Two Noble Kinsmen”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 2], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv, page 436, column 2:
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A common workhorse; a gelding.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
examples: text: Two women for stealing 30 cuttes of linen yarn.
ref: 1632, North Riding Record:
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A skein of yarn.
examples: text: Don't buy his coke: it's full of cut.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
synonyms: mix
topics: fashion
lifestyle
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
examples: text: I'm laying in a cut 'bout to shoot me a mutt
ref: 1992 September 22, Da Lench Mob, “Guerillas^([sic]) in tha Mist” (track 6), in Guerillas in tha Mist:
text: I see Xzibit in the cut, hey, nigga, roll that weed up.
ref: 2003 January 7, “In da Club” (track 5), in Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent:
text: You don't mind me askin', why you want to sell? I mean, even from inside here, you can take a slice for just layin' in the cut.
ref: 2008 March 9, David Simon, “-30-”, in The Wire, season 5, episode 10 (television production), spoken by Slim Charles (Anwan Glover), via HBO:
text: In the cut, in the cut, rolling doobies up
ref: 2010 April 14, Wiz Khalifa, “In the Cut”, in Kush & Orange Juice:
text: Bitch I'm out, catch me chillin' in the cut. Me and my homies swag it out in the cut. It's a party going down in the cut.
ref: 2012, Honey Cocaine, In The Cut:
text: Famous as fuck, but I’m still in the cut when they round up the troops.
ref: 2016, Drake, “Summer Sixteen"”:
text: She got me stuck. Like a truck, deep mud, deep ruts, way out in the cut. She got me stuck. Even four-wheel drive won't work this time, yeah.
ref: 2021, Redferrin, "Stuck"
text: We're off the beaten path from River Street downtown. So, it's, we're back here in the cut.
ref: 2023 January 9th, Santana Hannah, in JOLLY, "Brits try REAL Southern Fried Chicken for the first time!", YouTube, 11:27
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
qualifier: literal
glosses: The result of cutting.
A sleeveless vest worn by members of a motorcycle club.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from cut (noun)
word: a cut below
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word: basin cut
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word: beard cut
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word: Beatle cut
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word: bird's nest cut
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word: boot cut
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word: bowl cut
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word: branch cut
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word: broccoli cut
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word: brush cut
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word: budget cut
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word: butch cut
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word: buzzcut
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word: Caesar cut
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word: Chelsea cut
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word: Chinese cut
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word: clearcut
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word: cold cuts
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word: comic cut
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word: covid cut
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word: crew cut
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word: curb cut
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word: cut above
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word: cut and thrust
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word: cut below
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word: cut buddy
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word: cut card
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word: cut crease
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word: cutgrass
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word: cutlet
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word: cutline
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word: cutman
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word: cutmark
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word: cut money
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word: cut of one's jib
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word: cutover
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word: cutpoint
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word: cutproof
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word: cut scene
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word: cutscore
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word: cut-set
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word: cutset
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word: cut sheet
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word: cutsies
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word: cuttie
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word: cutty
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word: cutwidth
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word: cutwork
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word: cutworm
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word: death by a thousand cuts
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word: Dedekind cut
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word: deep cut
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word: Deepcut
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word: devil's cut
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word: die-cut
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word: direct cut
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word: director's cut
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word: draw cuts
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word: final cut
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word: fine cut
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word: flash cut
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word: French cut
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word: fresh cut
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word: haircut
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word: headcut
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word: heartcut
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word: Heisenberg cut
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word: highcut
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word: hime cut
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word: jump cut
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word: L cut
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word: linecut
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word: linocut
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word: lion cut
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word: longcut
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word: low-cut
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word: make the cut
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word: match cut
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word: maximum cut
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word: midcut
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word: mini-cut
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word: minimum cut
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word: miscut
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word: mushroom cut
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word: narrow-cut
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word: near cut
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word: no-cut
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word: non-cut
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word: paper cut
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word: pay cut
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word: pixie cut
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word: plug cut
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word: power cut
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word: price cut
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word: prime cut
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word: princess cut
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word: roadcut
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word: rose-cut
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word: rose cut
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word: rough cut
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word: saw-cut
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word: shaggy cut
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word: shift the cut
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word: shortcut
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word: sidecut
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word: sideline cut
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word: smash cut
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word: sound cut
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word: spacecut
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word: s-t cut
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word: supercut
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word: tax cut
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word: trench cut
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word: upcut
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word: uppercut
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word: V-cut
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word: wide-cut
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word: wolf cut
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word: woodcut
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word: α-cut