cut-in

[ kuht-in ]

noun

1. Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:

   We will insert a cut-in of the letter as she reads it.

2. Radio and Television. a commercial or other announcement inserted by a local station into a network broadcast.
3. the act of cutting in, as on a dancing couple.

cut in

verb

1. Alsocut into introften foll byon to break in or interrupt
2. intr to interrupt a dancing couple to dance with one of them
3. intr (of a driver, motor vehicle, etc) to draw in front of another vehicle leaving too little space
4. informal.
   tr to allow to have a share
5. intr to take the place of a person in a card game

noun

1. Also calledinsert films a separate shot or scene inserted at a relevant point

Word History and Origins

Origin of cut-in¹

First recorded in 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase cut in

Example Sentences

This is only a sort of 'cut-in' effect, anyhow—a preliminary to the grand performance that is to come later.

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With this wiring layout, any number of batteries from one to ten may be cut-in by means of the switches.

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A cut-in head is set in a panel, with or without rule, after the second or third line of the first paragraph.

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But instead of commencing at once to cut-in, Captain Count gave orders to pile on all sail and keep her away up the Straits.

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Just after we started to cut-in a boat appeared alongside with six Maories and half-breeds on board.

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Related Words

• break in
• move in