cutting
The action of the verb to cut.
Noun 4 meanings
The action of the verb to cut.
“How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?”
A section removed from a larger whole.
An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
“The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.”
An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
Adjective 4 meanings
That is used for cutting.
“I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.”
Piercing, sharp.
Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful; curt.
“The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.”
Of a beverage: half-sized.
“a cutting chai”
Etymology
From cut + -ing.
Similar and opposite words
CUTTING at a glance
CUTTING has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + U 1 + T 1 + T 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,380 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cutting
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- PUTTING10
- GUTTING9
- JUTTING15
- NUTTING8
- RUTTING8
- TUTTING8
- CATTING10
- COTTING10
- HUTTING11
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