Definition von a-cut im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- French cut
- A batsman's shot in which the ball deflects off the inside edge of the bat and travels fine down the leg side behind the batsman
- a cut above
- superior to; of a higher quality than
She really thinks she's a cut above in that hat.
- a cut below
- inferior to; of a lower quality than
- boot cut
- Of pants, cut as if to allow the legs of the pants to fit over boots
- boot cut
- Pants cut as if to allow the legs to fit over boots
- boot-cut
- A style of pants that becomes wider from the knees downward
- bowl cut
- A haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, as though only the hair not covered by an inverted bowl had been removed
- clean-cut
- Having a neat, smart appearance
I fell down / To my bended knees, / Saying, I dig farmers, / Don't shoot me, please! / He cocked his rifle / And began to shout, / You're that travelin' salesman / That I have heard about. / I said, No! No! No! / I'm a doctor and it's true, / I'm a clean-cut kid / And I been to college, too..
- clear cut
- having had all trees cut
- clear cut
- straightforward, obvious, simple, or basic
It looks like a simple enough problem, but the answer might not be as clear cut as you suppose.
- clear cut
- to remove all trees or vegetation from an area
- clear-cut
- Alternative spelling of clear cut
- closed cut valley
- A method of valley application in which shingles from one side of the valley extend across the valley while shingles from the other side are trimmed back approximately 2 inches from the valley centerline
- closed-cut valley
- a method of valley application in which shingles from one side of the valley extend across the valley while shingles from the other side are trimmed back a few inches from the valley centerline
- crew cut
- A closely-cropped male haircut
- cut
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so
This road cuts right through downtown.
- cut
- The manner or style a garment is fashioned in
I like the cut of that suit.
- cut
- To enter a queue in the wrong place
One student kept trying to cut in front of the line.
- cut
- Reduced
Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
- cut
- To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing
Travis was cut from the team.
- cut
- The result of cutting
- cut
- To change direction suddenly
The football player cut to his left to evade a tackle.
- cut
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument
Would you please cut the cake?.
- cut
- The act of cutting
He made a fine cut with his sword.
- cut
- (Can we clean up() this sense?) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point
- cut
- To reduce, especially intentionally
They're going to cut salaries by fifteen percent.
- cut
- To perform an incision, for example with a knife
I cut the skin on my arm.
- cut
- A share or portion
The lawyer took a cut of the profits.
- cut
- Carved into a shape; not raw
- cut
- To ignore as a social snub
After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.
- cut
- Having been cut
- cut
- Circumcised
- cut
- Emotionally hurt
- cut
- A slab, especially of meat
That’s our finest cut of meat.
- cut
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance
- cut
- A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point
- cut
- To stab (a person)
We don't want your money no more. We just going to cut you.
- cut
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc
The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.
- cut
- An opening resulting from cutting
Look at this cut on my finger!.
- cut
- To not attend a class, especially when not permitted
I cut fifth period to hang out with Angela.
- cut
- To dilute a liquid, usually alcohol
The bartender cuts his beer to save money and now it's all watery.
- cut
- Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball
- cut
- To cease recording activities
After the actors read their lines, the director yelled Cut!.
- cut
- The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards
The player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.
- cut
- 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
- cut
- To form or shape by cutting
I have three diamonds to cut today.
- cut
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two
If you cut then I'll deal.
- cut
- Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles
That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut, ripped midsection.
- cut
- To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it
- cut
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- cut
- An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point
- cut
- To remove and place in memory for later use
Select the text, cut it, and then paste it in the other application.
- cut a caper
- To frolic or romp; to dance about in a frantic or ridiculous manner
I thought he intended to cut a caper round the bed; but suddenly composing himself, he fell on his knees.
- cut a dash
- To make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression
- cut a rug
- To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century
Young-generation patrons seem to be as fascinated watching the more mature dancers cut a rug.
- cut a swath
- Variant form of cut a wide swath
- cut a swathe
- Alternative spelling of cut a swath
- cut a wide swath
- To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action
The twister cut a wide swath of destruction in Utica, a town of 2,000 people about 90 miles southwest of Chicago.
- cut a wide swath
- To behave in an expansive, flagrantly showy, or pushy manner, especially in public venues; to exert sweeping influence
With his signature red beret and class-based rhetoric, president Hugo Chavez has cut a wide swath through this oil-rich but impoverished nation.
- cut a wide swathe
- Alternative spelling of cut a wide swath
- cut and dried
- lacking freshness or spontaneity
- cut and dried
- simple, straightforward, clear, or certain
Take care when guessing, since problems do not always have cut-and-dried answers.
- cut and dried
- decided, set, settled, not open to change
- cut and paste
- to delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or different one
- cut and paste
- Composing a document by piecing together components of other documents
- cut and run
- To hurry away; to escape
- cut and run
- To abandon a position as quickly as possible
President Bush laid out the scenario we face if the United States decides to cut and run.
- cut and run
- To sail away quickly by cutting the yarns that hold the sails furled
- cut back
- To reduce the amount of (something)
Some U.S. banks are cutting back their dealings with embassies and other foreign institutions in the United States because of the difficulty of complying with money-laundering rules, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- cut back
- To reduce consumption
He needs to cut back on doughnuts. He weighs 289 pounds!.
- cut back
- To reduce spending
We need to cut back heavily on office supplies. Is there another vendor we can use?.
- cut capers
- To engage in brief frolics, romps, or frantic, ridiculous dances
I was smoking my pipe quietly by my dismantled steamer, and saw them all cutting capers in the light, with their arms lifted high.
- cut corners
- To do a less than thorough or complete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts
The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.
- cut corners
- To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road
I believe the old man did not ride fair, as he cut corners.
- cut down
- To insult, to belittle
- cut down
- To bring down by cutting
They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
- cut down
- To reduce the amount of something
Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.
- cut fastball
- A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball
His cut fastball tends to break bats.
- cut fastballs
- plural form of split-finger fastball
- cut glass
- Glass that has been cut, using an abrasive wheel, into a decorative pattern of facets
- cut in
- When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas
- cut in
- Especially, to dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner
- cut in
- To intrude or interrupt
- cut it
- To suffice; to be effective or successful
Sometimes, professional tools are necessary and homespun solutions just don't cut it.
- cut it close
- To judge or finish something close to its limit
Driving 300 miles on one tank of gas was cutting it close, but we arrived safely.
- cut it fine
- to achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error
- cut it out
- To stop; refrain from; halt
Would you please cut it out? I'm trying to get some work done here.
- cut like a knife
- To be very sharp (of a character, or remark)
- cut like a knife
- To sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather
To my small hands, the bitter wind cuts like a knife, freezing my fingers and numbing my circulation.''.
- cut line
- A line on the front wall, above which the ball must hit for a serve
- cut no ice
- To have no influence (on)
- cut of one's jib
- A person's general appearance, manner, or style, or the implications thereof
Let's just say I don't like the cut of your jib, Mr. Tate..
- cut off
- To end abruptly
My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
- cut off
- To remove via cutting
- cut off
- To swerve in front of (another car)
- cut off
- To interrupt (someone speaking)
That dingbat cut me off as I was about to conclude my theses.
- cut off
- fuse
A thermal cut-off.
- cut off
- To isolate or remove from contact
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary
- cut offs
- plural form of cut off
- cut one loose
- to fart
- cut one some slack
- To be lenient with; to give grace to someone after a mistake
- cut one's coat according to one's cloth
- live according to one's means, and not more
- cut one's losses
- To discontinue an effort that seems unlikely ever to bear fruit
- cut one's teeth
- To begin; to gain early experience
He cut his teeth flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.
- cut oneself
- To deliberately make incisions in one's skin as a form of self-harm
- cut out
- To intercept
- cut out
- To remove, omit
If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.
- cut out
- To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.)
He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon.
- cut out
- Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose
We've got our work cut out for us.
- cut out
- To remove or shape by cutting
Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.
- cut out
- To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected
Can you say that again? You keep cutting out.
- cut red tape
- To reduce bureaucracy
This insurance company is an expert at cutting red tape to process your claim faster.
- cut scene
- A typically non-interactive cinematic narrative technique used in video games to advance the story. Cut scenes may be presented with either full motion video or may be done with the game engine. Cut scenes presented in-engine can be interactive, the player may be able to change the camera angle or press a button to perform an action
- cut scenes
- plural form of cut scene
- cut short
- interrupt and curtail before the planned end time
The party was cut short because everything was getting broken.
- cut short
- Make shorter by cutting
- cut somebody some slack
- to be patient or lenient with somebody; to relax standards or expectations
Cut the new guy some slack. He's only been here for two days.
- cut someone some slack
- To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely
- cut splice
- Two ropes spliced together to form an eye which lies shut when taut
- cut the cheese
- To flatulate
Hey, who cut the cheese?.
- cut the crap
- stop talking about irrelevant things
- cut the mustard
- To suffice; to be good or effective enough
Give me the bigger hammer. This little one just doesn't cut the mustard.
- cut the muster
- Mistaken form of cut the mustard
- cut the rug
- Alternative form of cut a rug
- cut through
- To deal with something quickly in order to lessen the problem
Allies warned— the Communists today that they might cut through the prisoner exchange problem by releasing in South Korea 32000 North Koreans who do not want to go home.
- cut through
- To make a detour across, as opposed to around
We had to cut through the park on our way to the mall.
- cut to black
- a film punctuation in which the picture is instantaneously darkened
- cut to the chase
- To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly
We don't have much time here. Could you cut to the chase?.
- cut to the quick
- To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally
I was cut to the quick at the idea of having lost the inestimable privilege of listening to the gifted Kurtz.
- cut to the quick
- To get to the most essential idea or point
Alfar's analysis cuts to the quick of the socioeconomic structures that underlie marriage, primogeniture, monarchy, and imperialism.
- cut up
- Emotionally upset; mentally distressed
She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing.
- cut up
- Wounded with multiple lacerations
He is cut up pretty bad.
- cut up
- To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting
The attackers cut him up pretty bad.
- cut up
- To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections
With a little practice, you can cut up a whole chicken yourself for frying.
- cut up
- To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism
The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.
- cut up
- To distress mentally or emotionally
And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event.
- cut up
- Having been cut into smaller pieces
Put the cut up vegetables in the pot.
- cut up
- To aggressively move in front of another vehicle while driving. US: cut off
One night coming home from work, I was driving through a quiet housing estate and had a driver cut me up. I had my window open, and mouthed some obscenity towards him.
- cut up
- To behave like a clown or jokester (a cut-up); to misbehave; to act in a playful, comical, boisterous, or unruly manner to elicit laughter, attention, etc
We need to talk about Johnny's tendency to cut up in class.
- cut wind
- To pass gas; to break wind
- cut-and-paste
- pieced together from several sources
- cut-and-thrust
- A vehement argument
He never got used to the cut-and-thrust of political debate.
- cut-off
- Alternative spelling of cutoff
- cut-off
- Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end
- cut-out
- A space produced when something is removed by cutting; the piece so cut out
- cut-out
- the separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected
- cut-out
- a railway cutting
- cut-out
- A trusted middleman, especially in espionage
- cut-out
- A device that disconnects an electric circuit under certain dangerous circumstances
- cut-price
- That is offered for sale at less than the normal price
- cut-rate
- Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate
- cut-throat razor
- A straight razor
- cut-throat razors
- plural form of cut-throat razor
- direct cut
- a film punctuation in which there is a direct instantaneous transition between one scene and the next
- director's cut
- A specially edited version of a film that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit of the film, and is released some time after the original release of the film
- final cut
- A group, after a selection process getting rid of other candidates
- final cut
- In the movie industry, the final released version of the film
- fish or cut bait
- To choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide
It's time to fish or cut bait: either we buy this house now, or we must start looking for another one.
- fussy cut
- To cut pieces of fabric so that a particular part of the printed design is centered or featured
- half cut
- Rather drunk
You think: That old fella's woken up still half-cut and put on his girlfriend's shoes by mistake..
- have one's work cut out for one
- To face a large task or project
If he plans to translate all the idioms, he has his work cut out for him.
- jump cut
- A cinematographic edit in which the view of a subject jumps forward in time
- low-cut
- Cut low, especially (of clothing) so as to reveal part of the breasts
- mad as a cut snake
- Very angry (ie. mad in the sense of anger, not mental derangement)
- make the cut
- To succeed; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities
Out of a pool of twenty applicants, only 3 made the cut.
- measure twice and cut once
- Plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action
Mr. Paz noted that since the onset of the credit crisis, eBay, like other companies, hasn’t been able to measure twice and cut once..
- measure twice and cut once
- One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material
Look at Carpenters! . . . In old times it was a proverb Measure twice, and cut once..
- measure twice, cut once
- Alternative form of measure twice and cut once
- non-cut
- Does not bias by skill or ability, especially a team or club
- paper cut
- a wound caused by a piece of paper or any thin, sharp material which can slice through a person's skin
- power cut
- An interruption in the supply of power (usually electricity)
- princess cut
- A square multi-faceted cut of a gemstone
- princess cut
- A garment style in which vertical panels of material are shaped to follow the outline of the figure
- run around like a chicken with its head cut off
- To act in a haphazard or aimless way; frantically or without control
The president doesn't know what to do. He's running around like a headless chicken.
- trench cut
- A triangle-shaped cut in a tell, used to see how many levels there are or to find information about each separate settlement
- upper cut
- Alternative spelling of uppercut
- cut down
- If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it. He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet Car owners were asked to cut down travel If you spend more than your income, can you try to cut down?
- side-cut
- side lane; road which branches off in different directions
- cut lunch
- {i} (Australia) box lunch, packed lunch, light afternoon meal packed to be eaten in a different location
- cut someone deep
- (Ev ile ilgili) Scar someone in an emotional way
- cut
- {n} a cleft or wound with an edged tool, slice of meat lop, canal, picture, impression, fool
- cut
- {v} to carve, hew, lop, shape, cross, divide, part
- cut
- {a} prepared for use, hewed, lopped, hurt
- cut the chase
- (deyim) Get to the point
