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cut-in

[ kuht-in ]

noun

  1. Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:

    We will insert a cut-in of the letter as she reads it.

  2. Radio and Television. a commercial or other announcement inserted by a local station into a network broadcast.
  3. the act of cutting in, as on a dancing couple.


cut in

verb

  1. Alsocut into introften foll byon to break in or interrupt
  2. intr to interrupt a dancing couple to dance with one of them
  3. intr (of a driver, motor vehicle, etc) to draw in front of another vehicle leaving too little space
  4. informal.
    tr to allow to have a share
  5. intr to take the place of a person in a card game
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. Also calledinsert films a separate shot or scene inserted at a relevant point
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of cut-in1

First recorded in 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase cut in
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“There are many different types of pie crust,” Baldwin explained, “but the most classic ones use a cut-in fat technique, which gives you a tender, flaky crust.”

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Though there are people who cut-in, it’s a minor issue compared to the core problem frustrating the commuters on the Washington State Ferries system.

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“There’s no automatic cut-in of the vagus nerve,” Phil Resch said, “in an android. As there is in a human. Weren’t you taught that when they trained you? I got taught that years ago.”

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Even the gory violence is reduced to a smattering of cut-in details.

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Its hallmark was the “Clovis point,” a four-inch spearhead with a slightly cut-in, concave tail; in silhouette, the points somewhat resemble those goldfish-shaped cocktail crackers.

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