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papercut

papercut is the alternative form of paper cut.

Meaning of paper cut

Noun

paper cut (plural paper cuts)

  1. A wound caused by a piece of paper or any thin, sharp material which can slice through a person's skin.
  2. (figuratively) Any minor harm.
    • The muscle hurried around to stand in front of Gregor. Jonah held up a hand. “Hey, easy there. Your boss isn't in any danger, unless he's prone to paper cuts.” Gregor rolled his eyes and stepped through the security guards.2015, Steven Savile, David Sakmyster, NDE: The Lazarus Inititiative
  3. (film and video editing) A text-based description of the cuts to be made in raw footage to make finished video.
  4. A decorative ornament made by artful cutting of paper, as into silhouettes.
  5. a paper cut bug: a bug which causes harm and would be easy to fix.

Forms of papercut

pluralpapercuts

Questions about papercut

What is papercut the alternative form of?
Papercut is the alternative form of paper cut.

Words near papercut in the dictionary

  1. papercraft
  2. papercrafter
  3. papercrafters
  4. papercrafts
  5. papercrete
  6. papercut
  7. papercuts
  8. papercutting
  9. papered
  10. papered over
  11. papered the house

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papercut (page history and authors); paper cut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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