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low-cut

low-cut adjective: cut low, especially (of clothing) so as to reveal part of the breasts.

low-cut: cut low, especially (of clothing) so as to reveal part of the breasts
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Adjective

low-cut (comparative more low-cut, superlative most low-cut)

  1. Cut low, especially (of clothing) so as to reveal part of the breasts.
    • Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292
    • I was in the Woodley Park–Zoo in D.C. and mom and sister were waiting to see the pandas, so me and my pops broke away to check out the monkey house. Well, there was a beautiful teacher, I mean we're talking a ten, she was blond, had a low-cut dress on, just gorgeous. And she has about eight or nine...2006 May 9, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, quoting Chris, 22:22 from the start, in Penn Radio

Forms of low-cut

comparativemore low-cut
superlativemost low-cut

Questions about low-cut

What does low-cut mean?
Low-cut means cut low, especially (of clothing) so as to reveal part of the breasts.
What part of speech is low-cut?
Low-cut is an adjective.

Words near low-cut in the dictionary

  1. low-cost
  2. low-cost carrier
  3. low-cost carriers
  4. low-crowned seahorse
  5. low-crowned seahorses
  6. low-cut
  7. low-density
  8. low-density lipoprotein
  9. low-density lipoproteins
  10. low-doc loan
  11. low-doc loans

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