cutout
something cut out from something else, as a pattern or figure cut out or intended to be cut out of paper, cardboard, or other material.
a valve in the exhaust pipe of an internal-combustion engine, which when open permits the engine to exhaust directly into the air ahead of the muffler.
an act or instance of cutting out.
Slang. a trusted intermediary between two espionage agents or agencies.
Electricity. a device for the manual or automatic interruption of electric current.
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How to use cutout in a sentence
His house there is a museum with a large collection of his paintings and cutouts, along with some of the recognizable objects he pictured over and over.
An art lover’s Impressionist video trip to Provence and the Riviera | Nancy Nathan | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostThe assemblages’s see-through portals include a doggy door and intricate cutouts, but some possible passageways are blocked by wooden 2-by-4s or slabs of blank plywood.
In the galleries: A towering exhibit offers a new definition of domestic life | Mark Jenkins | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostIn Major League Baseball, the teams begin a shortened season with stadium seats occupied by cardboard cutouts representing fans, except in the case of the Houston Astros, who use live human snipers.
Empty stadiums were filled with posterboards, stuffed animals and cardboard cutouts.
Skip the typical top crust and try this method for decorative pie crust cutouts instead.
Decorate this caramel apple pie with festive, buttery pastry cutouts | Erin Jeanne McDowell | November 12, 2020 | Washington Post
Another showed black crows pecking at a cutout of Switzerland.
Switzerland Paints EU As Cheese-Hungry Rat | Barbie Latza Nadeau | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the black-and-white stop-motion animation Dollhouse, Sherman casts herself as a cutout doll from a book.
Cindy Sherman: Early Works Opens At Gucci Museo in Florence | Alice Cavanagh | January 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI squinted through a cutout in the hut: nothing but thick rainforest.
An Obsessive’s Search for a Lost Jungle City | Christopher S. Stewart | December 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe spandex dresses feature cutout panels on the sides, short skirts, and the word “MAVS” written across the chest.
The Dallas Mavericks' Cheerleaders Skimpy New Uniforms; Karl Lagerfeld's Interesting Word Choice | The Fashion Beast Team | November 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir house, she said, had a John McCain poster on the door and a Barak Obama cutout in the living room.
The pencil is drawn along one edge of the cutout so that it will make lines as shown in Fig. 2.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousGault was holding up a large paper cutout of a human figure—a long, rangy man.
The 4-D Doodler | Graph WaldeyerHe would get the Professor returned by pressing the upper portion of the cutout flatly onto the desk surface.
The 4-D Doodler | Graph WaldeyerHe would distract the attention of the Entity from Gault by making another cutout.
The 4-D Doodler | Graph WaldeyerHe reached a hand toward the cutout, the torso of which still bulged upward from the desk.
The 4-D Doodler | Graph Waldeyer
British Dictionary definitions for cut out
(tr) to delete or remove
(tr) to shape or form by cutting: to cut out a dress
(tr; usually passive) to suit or equip for: you're not cut out for this job
(intr) (of an engine, etc) to cease to operate suddenly
(tr) printing to remove the background from a photograph or drawing to make the outline of the subject stand out
(intr) (of an electrical device) to switch off, usually automatically
(tr) informal to oust and supplant (a rival)
(intr) (of a person) to be excluded from a card game
(tr) informal to cease doing something, esp something undesirable (esp in the phrase cut it out)
(tr) soccer to intercept (a pass)
(tr) to separate (cattle) from a herd
(intr) Australian and NZ to end or finish: the road cuts out at the creek
have one's work cut out to have as much work as one can manage
something that has been or is intended to be cut out from something else
a photograph or drawing from which the background has been cut away
a device that switches off or interrupts an electric circuit, esp a switch acting as a safety device
an impressed stamp cut out from an envelope for collecting purposes
Australian slang the end of shearing
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with cutout
Excise, remove as if by cutting; also, form or shape as if by cutting or carving. For example, Young children love cutting out pictures from magazines, or The first step is cutting out the dress pattern. The first usage dates from about 1400, the second from the mid-1500s.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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