Usually means: Charming, serendipitous first encounter romantically.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word meet cute:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. meet-cute: Merriam-Webster
  2. meet-cute: Wordnik
  3. meet-cute, meet cute: Wiktionary
  4. Meet-cute, Meet cute: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. meet-cute: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (meet cute)

noun:  (narratology, informal) A situation in a film, television series, etc., in which a potential romantic couple meet for the first time in a way that is considered adorable, amusing, or cute.
noun:  (by extension, informal) Any such situation occurring in real life between a pair of people who are not yet acquainted, romantically or otherwise.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) Of characters in a story or people in real life: to meet each other in an adorable, amusing, or cute way.

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