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cut
verb- in the drug trade, to dilute drugs US, 1937
- Ray just sat there and watched while Chico went to work cutting the horse with milk sugar. — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 166, 1952
- We bought the stuff for ninety dollars per quarter-ounce, cut it one-third with milk sugar and put it in one-grain caps. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 50, 1953
- They cut it, cap it, and retail it at about a hundred per cent profit. — John D. McDonald, The Neon Jungle, p. 61, 1953
- When you break it down, it comes out to something like eight ounces after cutting it[.] — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Scene, p. 27, 1960
- He bought heroin in “pieces” (ounces), cut it, bagged it, and handed it over on consignment to a handful of pushers. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 19, 1966
- I invest half a grand in cocaine and H. It’s good enough so I can cut it twice with milk, sugar, and still have the best stuff on Thirty-fifth Street. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 184, 1969
- I ain’t never tried to step on this much heh-rawn in my life. We got a few bags cut but the suitcase is still full. — Vernon E. Smith, The Jones Men, p. 48, 1974
- If it wasn’t for the efforts of the two ladies (sic) of the house, Palo would cut the dope to shreds. — Jim Carroll, Forced Entries, p. 11, 1987
- She got her start in the business by learning to cut the pure stuff that these guys used to get[.] — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 4, 1990
- It’s good shit. From when they busted those Columbians uptown. You can cut it in half. — The Bad Lieutenant, 1992
- [I]t was proably the dope I’d brought in msyelf – cut three times. — Cleo Odzer, Goa Freaks, p. 201, 1995
- to dilute anything by the addition of a secondary ingredient US
Extended from the previous sense (to dilute drugs). - They’re cutting the butter with Vaseline. — William Burroughs, Queer, p. 36, 1985
- (of a drug) to take effect UK
- By the time the E really started cutting I was well into the dancing thing. — Ben Malbon, Cool Places, p. 278, 1998
- to fart US, 1967
- [S]ome American speakers use “cut” as a variant of “lay” or “let” and refer to “cutting” or “cutting a fart.” — Peter Furze, Tailwinds, p. 55, 1998
- to engage in an informal musical competition in which musicians attempt to better each other in extended jazz solos US, 1937
- When one jazz musician cuts another, he merely outplays him, does it better, shows him how, establishes who’s boss of the instrument. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 48, 1956
- Maybe he couldn’t cut the cats at the Savoy in Harlem, but he sure could dance. — Billie Holiday with William Dufty, Lady Sings the Blues, p. 98, 1956
- “But I can still cut all these cats two choruses to one,” he spat out[.] — John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, p. 51, 1958
- to record a song US, 1929
- — Arnold Shaw, Lingo of Tin-Pan Alley, p. 10, 1950
- He finally came half an hour late, borne up (as it were) by ajostling, haggard bunch of hangers-on, among whom was the white boy for whose phantom company the records were to be cut. — John Clellon Holmes, The Horn, p. 67, 1958
- They can cut discs which are played on our Muzak-type system. — Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge, p. 52, 1968
- When you get my backups straight, then we’ll talk about cutting this tune here. — Nashville, 1992
- to skip something, to fail to attend something UK, 1794
- You’re not going to cut again. Get up. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 19, 1947
- He cuts a lot of classes. He got thrown out of schools. — John D. McDonald, The Neon Jungle, p. 94, 1953
- The fact that you’re cutting gym so you can T.A. Sophomore English just to hear his name, is a little without in itself if you ask me. — Ten Things I Hate About You, 1999
- to leave quickly UK, 1790
- “Let’s cut,” I said. We started down the platform. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 48, 1953
- “Like we have to cut. Hot. Movies.” — Sol Yurrick, The Warriors, p. 18, 1965
- [S]uddenly he gets up and says to Miss Van Allen, “I got to cut. This isn’t my scene.” — Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge, p. 207, 1968
- to ignore a person, either as a single act or as continuing behaviour UK, 1634
- When king stood at the press conference and launched his own verbal assault on Maloney, Lewis cut him dead. — The Daily Telegraph, 8 November 2001
- to tease or disparage someone US
- — American Speech, p. 57, Spring-Summer 1975: “Razorback slang”
- to perform surgery US
- You just sit up front and sign the mail, and leave the cutting to us. — M*A*S*H, 1970
▶ be cut out for
to have the appropriate qualities for something UK, 1645- Modern Germany, however, is not cut out for Thatcherism (nor was the UK really)[.] — Guardian, 17 March 2003
▶ be cut out to be a gentleman
to be circumcised UK- — Roger Blake, The American Dictionary of Sexual Terms, p. 53, 1964
▶ cut a chogie
to leave quickly US, 1981
Korea and Vietnam war usage.- It was time for us to “cut-a-chogie,” to haul our asses out of the area. — C.S. Crawford, The Four Deuces, p. 251, 1989
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 55, 1991
- Our pay was burning a hole in our fatigue pockets, so we “cut a chogie” down to the Dragon’s Lair and exchanged a good share of it for cold cans of beer. — Robert Peterson, Rites of Passage, p. 473, 1997
▶ cut a fat one
in drag racing and hot rodding, to drive at top speed US- — Lyle K. Engel, The Complete Book of Fuel and Gas Dragster, p. 150, 1968
▶ cut a hus
to do someone a favour US
Marine slang in Vietnam.- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 55, 1991
- Take what shots we wanted at the Lifers, they cut us a hus and left us alone. — George Mariscal, Aztlan and Viet Nam, p. 162, 1999
▶ cut a melon
to fart UK- — Peter Furze, Tailwinds, p. 55, 1998
▶ cut a rat
to fart US- I tried to cut a rat the whole show but I didn’t have any gas. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 219, 1995
▶ cut a rug
to dance expertly US, 1942- We gave the customers a ham-and-cheese sandwich and a bottle of pop for a dollar, and they had the right to hang around all night to cut some rug or dig the band. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, pp. 86–87, 1946
- He goes to the jukery to watch and wait and cut a rug with a solid gate: he snatches a quail with hep and class and they go to town cooking with gas! — Haenigsen, Jive’s Like That, 1947
- When somebody asks you if you’d like to cut a rug, say, “Fine, you get the scissors.” — Art Unger, The Cool Book, p. 5, 1961
- “I’m ... ah, curious to know if you can still cut a bad rug.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Doom Fox, p. 253, 1978
- Come on. Let’s cut a rug. — Empire Records, 1995
- [A] few of the more daring couples – from the looks of it mostly older folks who wanted to show they still knew how to cut the rug – were swaying to Perry Como. — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, p. 323, 1999
▶ cut a rusty
to show off US, 1838- “You’re still spunky,” the voice responded. “Ain’t no one able to cut a rusty like you.” — Gwyn Hyman Rubio, Icy Sparks, p. 204, 1998
▶ cut ass; cut arse- to leave, especially in a hurry US, 1972
- “Sarge, we could cut ass out.” — William Eastlake, The Bamboo Bed, p. 60, 1969
- — Helen Dahlskog (Editor), A Dictionary of Contemporary and Colloquial Usage, p. 5, 1972
- to assault someone TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1980
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ cut brush
to drive off the road into brush US- — American Speech, p. 268, December 1962: “The language of traffic policemen”
▶ cut cake; cut the strawberry cake
to short-change someone US- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 64, 1949
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 69, 1981
▶ cut card straight
to deal in a direct and honest manner TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ cut down to size
to reduce someone to a true understanding of his or her status or worth US, 1927- Young guns swiftly cut down to size. — The Observer, 20 July 2003
▶ cut fine; cut it fine
to narrow something down to a minimum UK, 1891- Andrew Hay, 36, a van driver from Gosport, thought he was cutting it fine when he arrived on Thursday night. — Guardian, 6 April 2002
▶ cut it
to perform satisfactorily and so meet a requirement US
From CUT THE MUSTARD.- Poetry readings just don’t cut it for me the way they used to. — Jim Carroll, Forced Entries, p. 58, 1987
- If they couldn’t or wouldn’t be arsed to cut it, they were out — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 54, 1999
▶ cut loose- to leave someone alone US
- — Stewart L. Tubbs and Sylvia Moss, Human Communication, p. 120, 1974
- to enjoy yourself unrestrained by any sense of moderation US, 1808
- After that, maybe I’d cut loose a little bit. — Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick, p. 6, 1950
- I guess I cut pretty loose in my day too. — Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
▶ cut no ice
to make no difference US, 1896- A curt rejection from Whitehall mandarins cuts no ice with the confirmed Eurosceptic Iain Duncan Smith[.] — Guardian, 22 August 2001
▶ cut one off
in the police, to salute a superior officer UK
Usually in the form “cut someone one off.”- — Free-Lance Writer, April 1948
▶ cut skin; cut tail
to physically assault someone; to beat someone TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1959- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ cut some slack
to relax the pressure US, 1968- I was trying to cut Eddie DeChooch some slack because he was old and depressed[.] — Janet Evanovich, Seven Up, p. 31, 2001
▶ cut someone’s lunch
to cuckold; to steal someone’s partner; to move in on another’s potential pick-up AUSTRALIA- I often heard of someone “cutting someone’s lunch” which usually meant that a man's best mate was sleeping with his wife. — Wordmap (www.abc.net.au/wordmap), 2003
▶ cut ten
to sit with your legs crossed as others work JAMAICA, 1977
Collected by Richard Allsopp.▶ cut the cheese
to fart US, 1959- — Esquire, p. 180, June 1983
- [A] co-worker/subordinate who had gone to prep school at Millbrook used to reveal his social superiority by saying “Who cut the brie?” — Peter Furze, Tailwinds, p. 54, 1998
▶ cut the coax
to turn off a citizens’ band radio US- — Wayne Floyd, Jason’s Authentic Dictionary of CB Slang, p. 13, 1976
▶ cut the crap
to stop talking nonsense US, 1931- “I don’t owe you a cent. I already gave her the five —” “Cut the crap, now. Let’s have it.” — J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, p. 101, 1951
- “Cut the crap, Sid.” — John O’Hara, Instrument, p. 103, 1967
▶ cut the gas
to stop talking US
Teen slang.- — Newsweek, p. 28, 8 October 1951
▶ cut the mustard- to perform satisfactorily and so meet a requirement US, 1902
- to fart with especially noxious effect UK
- “Cut the mustard” refers instead [of cut the cheese] to breaking wind in an especially smelly way. — Peter Furze, Tailwinds, p. 54, 1998
- to have sex UK
- A lady from New Zealand expressed dismay at the sight of a pair [of lovers] energetically cutting the mustard in broad daylight. — Sunday Telegraph, 9 October 1977
▶ cut throat
to have sex with a female virgin TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ cut to the chase
to get on with it US, 1983
Cinematic imagery; “to jump to the next exciting sequence.”- “Cut to the chase,” he muttered irritably. “What the hell is it you want us to do?” — Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue, p. 83, 1991
- [“]We can come to an arrangement.” “Cut to the fuckin’ car-chase. What do you want?” “Fifty grand.” — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, p. 255, 2000
▶ cut up jackies
in the circus or carnival, to tell stories about the past US- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 29, 1980
▶ cut up jackpots
(used of carnival workers) to engage in carnival insider conversation US- — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 19, 1985
▶ cut up old touches
to tell stories about past triumphs US, 1950- [W]e’d sit up there and cut up what we call “old touches”–that’s a phrase for discussing old capers. — Harry King, Box Man, p. 145, 1972
▶ cut up pipes
in circus and carnival usage, to gossip, brag or disparage someone US- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 69, 1981
▶ cut your eyes
to look at someone or something with disdain BARBADOS- — Frank A. Collymore, Barbadian Dialect, p. 37, 1965
▶ cut your own hair
to be extremely frugal AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 20, 1989
▶ cut your water off
in shuffleboard, to hold an opponent to a scoreless half round US- — Omero C. Catan, Secrets of Shuffleboard Strategy, p. 65, 1967
▶ cut Z’s
to sleep US- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 55, 1991
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