cut out
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.21 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument.
verb
To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).
Informal; Transitive verb
verb
To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster."
- "He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon."
- "She kept clicking her heels. He told her to cut it out."
- "Hockey is an exciting and healthful form of exercise, well suited to college students, but if it is to retain favor the intercollegiate league should cut out the muckerism which has attended its contests on the ice in recent years."
- "“Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly. “Who do you think you are talking to? Your check, please. Oh, Lordy!—”"
- "I have no wind, if you want to know the truth. I'm quite a heavy smoker, for one thing — that is, I used to be. They made me cut it out."
Usage
Inflected Forms
cuts out (present, singular)
cutting out (participle, present)
more cut out (comparative)
most cut out (superlative)