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cutaway
[ kuht-uh-wey ]
noun
- Also called cutaway coat. a man's formal daytime coat having the front portion of the skirt cut away from the waist so as to curve or slope to the tails at the back.
- Movies, Television.
- a switch from one scene to another for showing simultaneous or related action, creating suspense, etc.
- Also called cutaway shot. a shot that abruptly introduces content, scenery, etc., away from the central action.
- an illustration or scale model having the outer section removed to display the interior.
adjective
- having a part cut away, as an outer section of something being illustrated so that the inside may be shown.
cutaway
/ ˈ°ìÊŒ³Ùəˌ·É±ðɪ /
noun
- a man's coat cut diagonally from the front waist to the back of the knees
- a drawing or model of a machine, engine, etc, in which part of the casing is omitted to reveal the workings
- ( as modifier )
a cutaway model
- films television a shot separate from the main action of a scene, to emphasize something or to show simultaneous events
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cutaway1
Example Sentences
Among this year's melodramatic cutaways to contestants supposedly in their hotel rooms was a clip of Charlotte reading a "Learn Welsh" book, priest Lisa praying and Keith practising his martial arts.
Viewers then see a cutaway scene in which Kitty catches the boys together in the shower.
The format — with its roving cameras and constant cutaway interviews — seemed like a natural choice for an athlete in the era of “30 for 30†and “The Last Dance.â€
Often enough the grandeur, audacity and nuttiness of the opening ceremony shone through onscreen, but commentary, cutaways and commercials fragmented the TV experience, our critic writes.
The cutaways that were, in some cases, maligned, but are the hardest things to write, to go in and essentially write a Gary Larson “Far Side†panel how many times a day —
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