Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something cut out or intended to be cut out from something else.
- noun Electricity A device that interrupts, bypasses, or disconnects a circuit or circuit element.
- noun A recording that is no longer current and whose remaining stock is sold at a discounted price.
- noun Slang A mutually trusted intermediary who handles communications between espionage agents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that has been
cut out from something else - noun Any of several devices that halt the
flow of acurrent , especially anelectric current - noun An
intermediary who communicates between members of aclandestine organization - noun A free-standing, rigid
print (usu.life-sized ), often used forpromotional purposes - noun computing
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Examples
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They found that when the cutout is around male mice stop licking their wound from a painful injection.
Archive 2007-12-09 Bill Crider 2007
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They found that when the cutout is around male mice stop licking their wound from a painful injection.
Paris Hilton Is a Medical Miracle Bill Crider 2007
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Two veggie dumplings, some grilled asparagus with soy sauce (decorated with the heart cutout from the omelette), carrot sticks, a cherry tomato, a sprig of red currants and two candies in the small compartment.
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(A cardboard cutout is shown depicting the two men sitting together at a diner.)
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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As Grey explains, the point of having these civilian fronts is "to have a 'cutout' -- a trail that would lead an investigator to a brass plate by a lawyer's office entrance, but no farther."
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BBI ran undercover operations through a "cutout" - that is, a go-between - in Pennsylvania, and first ran surveillance, then infiltrated, Greenpeace affiliates at Lake Charles, Louisiana, where Condea Vista, a chemical firm now owned by Sasol, had caused a giant chemical spill.
The Guardian World News James Ridgeway 2011
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Heidi montag cutout dress, herve leger black dresses, herve leger cutout dress
Cut-Out Dresses Gosh Celebrity Fashion 2009
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Heidi montag cutout dress, herve leger black dresses, herve leger cutout dress
Archive 2009-06-01 Gosh Celebrity Fashion 2009
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That is not a cardboard cutout, that is a three - dimensional hologram, a look at how the Senate is shaping up right now. 56 seats for the Democrats, 40 seats for the Republicans.
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Buckets of colored sawdust were scattered along the form, allowing them to choose a particular color for a certain cutout.
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