v
(transitive) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
n
(neologism, informal) A self-administered haircut performed during a COVID-19 lockdown.
v
To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
v
Alternative spelling of cut a swath
v
When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.
adj
(informal, of an English accent) Very precisely and clearly enunciated.
v
Obsolete spelling of cut [To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.]
n
(idiomatic) The metaphorical trigger finger of a person with a tendency or readiness to act in haste or without consideration; a tendency to so act.
v
(transitive) To rap or strike sharply.
v
(transitive) To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate; compare cut.
v
To open with a lancet; to pierce.
v
(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)
n
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
v
(transitive, Britain dialectal) To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.
n
(uncommon, often figuratively) An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film.
v
(transitive) To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
v
(transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
v
To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.
n
(figuratively) A portion of some desirable resource or reward.
v
(UK, dialect, transitive) To lop; lop or chop off.
v
(transitive) To cut or snip.
v
To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
n
something that has been snipped away
v
To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
adj
Made up of short snippets.
adj
Alternative form of snippety [Made up of short snippets.]
n
A very small bit; snippet.
v
(US, dialect, transitive) To slice.
v
(transitive) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
adj
Potentially difficult to escape from.
v
To sharpen (a knife or other cutting instrument) by honing or rubbing it against a surface.
v
(transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
n
(medicine) difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension caused by the narrowing of the sheath that surrounds that finger's tendon
v
(transitive) To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers.
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