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shifting the cut

shifting the cut is the present participle and gerund of shift the cut.

Meaning of shift the cut

Verb

shift the cut (third-person singular simple present shifts the cut, present participle shifting the cut, simple past and past participle shifted the cut)

  1. To surreptitiously restore a deck of cards to their original sequence after having cut the deck.
    • In the average game where the players keep their hands, and arms also, on the table there is little opportunity to shift the cut.1902, S. W. Erdnase, Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards

Questions about shifting the cut

What is shifting the cut the present participle and gerund of?
Shifting the cut is the present participle and gerund of shift the cut.

Words near shifting the cut in the dictionary

  1. shifting off
  2. shifting one's ground
  3. shifting out
  4. shifting spanner
  5. shifting spanners
  6. shifting the cut
  7. shifting the deckchairs on the Titanic
  8. shifting the dial
  9. shifting the goalposts
  10. shiftingly
  11. shiftingness

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