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cut-ins

cut-ins is the plural of cut-in.

Meaning of cut-in

Noun

cut-in (plural cut-ins)

  1. A section of film or audio inserted into another sequence.
    • Inasmuch as leaders and cut-ins use up film a foot to a word, they should be resorted to only when absolutely necessary. For the producer has sufficient expense in his company and plant, without adding to it in film for cut-ins and leaders.1916, Carl Charlton, How to Write Photoplays, page 23
  2. (broadly) A visual sequence focusing on a character's face or body while they perform a special move.
  3. The situation where the performer of a musical work receives royalties for each performance, despite not having composed it.
    • "My collaborators are having their convention in Cleveland this week," was the rueful joke among real songwriters who were seeing their royalties diluted by cut-ins.2012, Gary Rosen, Unfair to Genius: The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein, page 138
  4. An instance of pulling in front of another vehicle in traffic.

Questions about cut-ins

What is cut-ins the plural of?
Cut-ins is the plural of cut-in.

Words near cut-ins in the dictionary

  1. Cut-cut I
  2. Cut-cut II
  3. cut-down
  4. cut-glass
  5. cut-in
  6. cut-ins
  7. cut-off
  8. cut-off time
  9. cut-off times
  10. cut-offs
  11. cut-out

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