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outtake

[out-teyk] /ˈaʊtˌteɪk/
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noun
1.
a segment of film or videotape edited out of the final version, as because of a technical error.
2.
a recording of a song not included in the final release of a record album, as because of a technical error.
Origin of outtake
1955-1960
First recorded in 1955-60; out- + take
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outtake

/ˈaʊtˌteɪk/
noun
1.
an unreleased take from a recording session, film, or television programme
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outtake

noun

An excerpt; an extracted passage: Is this an outtake from the $1.98 Beauty Show?

[1977+; originally, by 1960, a rejected part of a film]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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