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  • noun A recording that is no longer current and whose remaining stock is sold at a discounted price.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 a current, especially an electric current
  • noun An intermediary who communicates between members of a clandestine organization
  • noun A free-standing, rigid print (usu. life-sized), often used for promotional purposes
  • noun computing Clip art

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Bento #146 – egg roll « Were rabbits 2008

  • (A cardboard cutout is shown depicting the two men sitting together at a diner.)

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • 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."

    Stopping the Torture Business in Our Hometowns--An Interview With Christina Cowger of North CarolinaStop Torture Now 2007

  • 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

  • Heidi montag cutout dress, herve leger black dresses, herve leger cutout dress

    Cut-Out Dresses Gosh Celebrity Fashion 2009

  • Heidi montag cutout dress, herve leger black dresses, herve leger cutout dress

    Archive 2009-06-01 Gosh Celebrity Fashion 2009

  • 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.

    CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2008 2008

  • Buckets of colored sawdust were scattered along the form, allowing them to choose a particular color for a certain cutout.

    Patamban - The Fiesta De Cristo Rey 2001

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