cut, n. incision, [gash], [slash], [slit], [wound]; [slight], ignoration; sarcasm, [taunt]; [notch], [groove], chamfret; [defile], [passage]; kerf; [slice], [piece]; [fashion], [style], [mode]; [engraving].

cut down. fell; [retrench], [curtail], [reduce].

cute, a. (Colloq.) [clever], [sharp], [ingenious], [cunning], [shrewd].

cut off. amputate, [sever]; interrupt, [stop], intercept.

cut out. exscind, excise, [remove]; [supplant]; [debar], [exclude].

cutting, a. incisive, [sharp], [keen], trenchant; [penetrating], [nipping], [biting]; [sarcastic], [satirical], [caustic], [acrimonious], mordacious; secant.

cutting, n. incision, felling, amputation, cleavage, truncation, curtailment, celotomy, [dissection], scarification, slashing, cropping; [slip], [scion], clipping. Associated words: sectile, sectility, insecable.

cutting out. excision, exsection.

cut to pieces. dissect, [mutilate], [dismember].

cut up. [afflict], [grieve], [distress], harry; play pranks, play tricks, cut capers, misbehave.