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  • 91cut — 1. adjective /kʌt/ a) Having been cut. The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch. b) Reduced. Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor. 2 …

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  • 92cut — {{11}}cut (n.) 1520s, gash, incision, from CUT (Cf. cut) (v.); meaning piece cut off is from 1590s; sense of a wounding sarcasm is from 1560s. {{12}}cut (v.) late 13c., possibly Scandinavian, from N.Gmc. *kut (Cf. Swed. dial. kuta to cut, kuta… …

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  • 93cut — I Australian Slang 1. dilute a drug with another substance; 2. renounce; give up: to cut the grog ; 3. hurt or offended by another s actions: He was really cut because she didn t phone ; 4. upset; angered; annoyed: Don t get cut about it, I was… …

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  • 94cut up — ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ If you are cut up about something that has happened, you are very unhappy because of it. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] Terry was very cut up about Jim s death. 1) PHRASAL VERB If you cut something up, you cut it into several… …

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  • 95cut — 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ He got cut on beer, which is unusual for him. 2. tv. to dilute something. □ She always cuts her eggnog with cola. Yuck! 3. n. a share of the loot or the profits. (Originally underworld.) …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 96cut — participial adjective see a slice off a cut loaf isn’t missed verb see don’t cut off your nose to spite your face cut your coat according to your cloth diamond cuts diamond measure seven times, cut once …

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  • 97CUT — Coordinated Universal Time (Regional » Time Zones) * Control Unit Terminal (Computing » General) * Dr Halo image format (Academic & Science » Electronics) * Client Updateable Technology (Business » General) * Coordinadora de la Unidad de los… …

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  • 98Cut — 1. dilute a drug with another substance; 2. renounce; give up: to cut the grog ; 3. hurt or offended by another s actions: He was really cut because she didn t phone ; 4. upset; angered; annoyed: Don t get cut about it, I was only kidding ; 5.… …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 99cut —    1. to render (a male) sexually impotent    Of humans by vasectomy, of domestic animals by castration:     The bull calves are cut. (Marshall, 1818)    2. to dilute in order to cheat customers    Mainly of intoxicants and drugs sold illegally,… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 100cut in — verb Date: 1612 intransitive verb 1. to thrust oneself into a position between others or belonging to another 2. to join in something suddenly < cut in on the conversation > 3. to …

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