Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cutter and paster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: cut-ter and -paster
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An editor who cuts and pastes or copies and pastes text, stories, pictures, etc. to be published.

Informal

noun

Anyone who copies text from one source and pastes it to another, using a computer.

Informal

Example Sentences

"She's a great cutter and paster; she can get half the magazine done in a week."
"The editor as cutter and paster has brought together an unpretentious assemblage of literary elements: a chronological survey of Latin (what is it? ' writings', or 'readings'? literature, history, apologetics? satire..."
"Zack is a keen cutter and paster; he likes grabbing headlines from political and entertainment sites and posting them on his page."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

cutters and pasters (plural)

Questions

What does cutter and paster mean?: An editor who cuts and pastes or copies and pastes text, stories, pictures, etc. to be published.

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