cutting

Related to cutting: Self harm

cut

1. verb To stop doing something. You better cut these antics before your father gets home. Cut the eye-rolling, will you?
2. verb To make a recording of something, usually musical. Our band is going out to LA to cut a demo.
3. noun A portion of the profits from something, such as a business venture. I better get a cut of this deal—I came up with the original concept!
4. noun A single song on an album or other compilation. Here's a cut from their latest record.
5. adjective, slang Circumcised. Guys who aren't cut can be self-conscious.
6. adjective, slang Having well-defined muscles, especially the abdominals. Did you see that lifeguard with his shirt off? He's really cut!
7. adjective, slang Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really cut!

cutting

1. Mean-spirited. Oh, I stopped listening to Drew a long time ago. All he does is make cutting remarks about our family.
2. Sharp or piercing. I buttoned the collar of my coat against the cutting wind.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See:
  • a cutting edge
  • at the cutting edge
  • at the cutting edge of something
  • be cutting (one's) own throat
  • be cutting it fine
  • be cutting your own throat
  • clear-cut
  • cord-cutting
  • cut
  • cut (one) off without a penny
  • cut (one's) coat according to (one's) cloth
  • cut (one's) coat to suit (one's) cloth
  • cut (one's) comb
  • cut (one's) eyeteeth
  • cut (one's) eyeteeth on (something)
  • cut (one's) losses
  • cut (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face
  • cut (one's) stick
  • cut (one's) teeth
  • cut (one's) wisdom teeth
  • cut (someone or something) from (something)
  • cut (someone or something) loose
  • cut (someone or something) with (something)
  • cut (something) down to (something)
  • cut (something) on (something)
  • cut (something) out of (something)
  • cut (something) to pieces
  • cut (through) (the) red tape
  • cut a (wide) swath
  • cut a big swath
  • cut a deal
  • cut a dido
  • cut a fat hog
  • cut a figure
  • cut a fine figure
  • cut a muffin
  • cut a poor figure
  • cut a rug
  • cut a sorry figure
  • cut a swath through (something)
  • cut a tooth
  • cut a/the ribbon
  • cut across (something)
  • cut along (something)
  • cut and paste
  • cut and run
  • cut around (something)
  • cut away
  • cut back
  • cut back on (something)
  • cut both ways
  • cut class
  • cut corners
  • cut down
  • cut each other's throats
  • cut eyeteeth on (something)
  • cut from the same cloth
  • cut in line
  • cut in on (something)
  • cut in(to)
  • cut it
  • cut it all off
  • cut it close
  • cut it fine
  • cut loose
  • cut no ice
  • cut off
  • cut one
  • cut one another's throats
  • cut one loose
  • cut out
  • cut out to be (something)
  • cut school
  • cut some Z's
  • cut the apron strings
  • cut the bull
  • cut the bullshit
  • cut the cackle
  • cut the cord
  • cut the crap
  • cut the deadwood out
  • cut the dust
  • cut the Gordian knot
  • cut the mustard
  • cut the pie up
  • cut the umbilical cord
  • cut through (something)
  • cut through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter
  • cut to the bone
  • cut to the chase
  • cut up
  • cut up rough
  • cutting
  • cutting edge
  • cutting edge, at the
  • cutting edge, at/on the
  • cutting remark
  • nut-cutting time
  • on the cutting edge
  • on the cutting room floor
  • the cutting edge
References in periodicals archive
The lower beam quality has been set to match the numerical apeture of standard commercially available cutting heads, to ensure that all of the laser power is delivered to the sheet metal and that beam clipping does not occur within the cutting head.
Improving sheet metal cutting using a high-power fibre laser with variable beam quality: Paul Harrison, chief engineer for product applications at SPI Lasers, describes a new mode of operation for fibre lasers that enables beam quality to be varied on demand
During the material removal of high-efficiency process of natural marble milling by diamond tool, the contact stress of diamond grit on per unit volume is decided by equivalent cutting thickness, which has a great impact on the material removal efficiency and surface quality of workpiece [11].
Research on Mathematical Model and Cutting Characteristics in Machining of Natural Marble by Diamond Coated Tool
Dynamic Waterjet technology corrects the bending waterjet and chamfer of the cutting edge at maximum cutting speeds with high accuracy.
Abrasive Waterjet cutting
No longer seduced, perhaps, by the authorizing singularity of the printed book, we nonetheless seem to remain seduced by the uses of Shakespearean writing, and, based on all the evidence marshalled by Shakespeare | Cut, we continue to search for ways to keep that writing cutting into our lives.
Shakespeare / Cut: Rethinking Cutwork in an Age of Distraction
Three sowing dates and three cutting frequencies were tested.
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SOWING DATES AND FREQUENCY OF CUTTINGS ON THE PRODUCTION OF SPINACH
Turn cutting board around so that newly straightened edge is to the left (right).
Beginner guide
Table, 2 showed that the genotype Cuf 101 scored the highest plant height (52.7) for 20 days cutting interval whereas the genotype Siriver attained the lowest plant height (31.55) for 20 and 25 days cutting intervals.
Effect of cutting intervals on yield and yield components of three alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) genotypes
Minimum rooted cuttings (2%) with minimum rooted cuttings out of healthy green cuttings (3%) were found in the cuttings planted on 16th March.
SEEKING EFFECTIVE TIME OF PLANTING FOR IBA TREATED JOJOBA (SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS) CUTTINGS UNDER POLY-TUNNEL
Coal and Rock Breaking Mechanism and Loads Analysis of Cutting Head
Study on Roadheader cutting load at different properties of coal and rock
The ceramic cutting tools for testing were supplied by Tungaloy Company.
Tungaloy ceramic cutting tools at interrupted machining
Here's a trick for cutting bevels that exceed 45 degrees.
Circ saw savvy: circular saws can do so much more than crosscut and rip wood. Here are a few tricks to put in your carpenter's quiver
(1) Schuocker attributed the periodic striation formation to a pulsation of the melt layer on cutting front.
AE signals during laser cutting of different steel sheet thicknesses
The 7500 and 8500 E-Cut mowers feature a four-wheel design and a larger cut width, also using Deere's Quick Adjust 5 cutting units.
Deere redesigns golf course mowers; new E-Cut Hybrid fairway mowers reduce leak points, fuel usage and noise using electrically powered cutting units
Label converters seeking guidance on how to best configure laser cutting technology for their specific application requirements now have access to a comprehensive guide compiled by Spartanics: Laser Cutting Technical Guide: How to Match Today's Laser Cutting Technology to Application Requirements--Parts I and II.
Spartanics publishes laser cutting guide