Meaning

A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting..

Definitions by Sense

1. A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.
2. A piece cut out of something.
3. An item of clothing, such as a dress or shoe, designed with portions cut away.
4. A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
5. (computing) A piece of clip art.
6. (electronics) Any of several devices that halt the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
7. (telegraphy) A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
8. (US) A railway cutting.

Example Sentences

a dress with cut-out sides

Mr. John L[awrence] Gihon, a well-known photographer, knowing the difficulty which many have experienced in the making and use of the medallions, has made for the trade some very fine medallions and masks or cut-outs of different sizes.

A basic characteristic of compression-loaded square isotropic plates with large cut-outs, that is somewhat counter-intuitive at first glance, is that under certain circumstances they exhibit higher buckling loads than corresponding plates without cut-outs.

When you pass the ball out along the line and deliberately skip the receiver next to you, it's called a cut-out pass[…]. The pass travels right in front of the adjacent player, but instead of reaching out and taking the ball, he fakes grabbing it and lets it fly by to the next player in the line. The phrase two-man cut-out means that the ball-carrier has thrown the ball past the first two players next to him in the attacking line, sending it instead to the third man in the line.

Unless a boy is a very good carpenter, and has great patience and plenty of time at his command, I cannot advise him to attempt making a built model,—at all events, not until he has formed several cut-outs first. One of these "cut-outs" will serve as a model or form from which he may frame his "built vessel," with such modifications as he may deem necessary.

When preparing an activity, simply copy the activity cards, cut them apart, and attach them to the cut-outs. If desired, laminate and cut out the assembled cut-outs for extra durability.

A cut-out, or intermediary, forms the link between two agents or between an agent and the outside world. He may know very little about the organization and just carry messages, or he may be a liaison officer who is able to answer questions and take decisions; but the important thing is that he should not undertake any other subversive activity. […] A cut-out should be able to contact inconspicuously each of the two agents between whom he is the link.

In alias, I recruited a fellow who worked for a foreign Communist installation (I thought this was a nice touch) to serve as our go-between, or cutout as it is called in the trade, […]

Word Forms

• cut-outs
• cutout

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