cuts

/kʌts/

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Northern England/kʊts/

cuts is the plural of cut.

cuts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut.

Meaning of cut

cut (countable and uncountable, plural cuts)

(figuratively, literal) The act of cutting.
- He made a fine cut with his sword.
1. (figuratively, literal) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
2. (figuratively, literal) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
(figuratively, literal) The result of cutting.
- a smooth or clear cut
1. (figuratively, literal) An opening of a living body resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
2. (figuratively, literal) Such a wound through human skin.
  - Look at this cut on my finger!

cuts pl (plural only)

(Australia, New Zealand, dated, historical, plural, plural-only) Corporal punishment at school.
- ‘I′ll give you something to keep you awake, McFadyen!’ Ape shouted.
  Meat was taken off to the staff room and given the cuts.1995, Bill Marsh, Ape: Old Yanconian Daze, page 110
- He reckons that about 80% of the boys in the school regularly received the cuts from Mr Saunders so he didn′t feel as if he was being unduly picked on.2001, Lyall Ford, Poorhouse to Paradise: The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town, page 55

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