undercut
/ˈʌndə(ɹ)kʌt/
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Northern England/ˈʊndə(ɹ)kʊt/
undercut noun: a cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
Noun
undercut (plural undercuts)
- A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
- The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
- The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
- A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
- Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind
- A blow dealt upward.
- A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle
- A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time.
- Antonyms:
- overcut
- The continuation of the saddle of a rabbit's coat toward the front legs.
Verb
undercut (third-person singular simple present undercuts, present participle undercutting, simple past and past participle undercut)
- To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
- The fact that, to cover low tariffs on bulk commodities, the railways have to charge very high rates on high-value goods, such as manufactures, has provided road operators with a golden opportunity to undercut the railway.1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555
- Synonyms:
- undersell
- To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
- To undermine.
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club
- To strike a heavy blow upward.
- To employ the undercut strategy.
- To downplay or minimize.
- This was a very generous way of describing the swarm of cables, kit-bashed thaumatic cores, Noogenic foci and para-technological inverters, all surrounded by an astoundingly complex cognitohazardous sigil and multiple ontological anchors. This, simultaneously, simplified the interdisciplinary...2025 February 4, Queerious, “Don't Let Them Forget”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025
Adjective
undercut (not comparable)
undercut meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
undercut in Hindi
- अंडरकट
undercut in Tamil
- காடி
undercut in Marathi
- अंडरकट, अंडरकूट, अंडरकुट
undercut in Urdu
- پٹھ کا گوشت, نیچے سے کاٹنا
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- undercut in Bengali
- আন্ডারকাট, আন্ডারকাট করতে, আন্ডারকাট করার জন্য
- undercut in Telugu
- అండర్ కట్, అండర్కట్
- undercut in Malayalam
- വില കുറച്ചുവിൽക്കുക, മുതലിൽ കുറച്ചു വില്ക്കുക, മറ്റള്ളവരേക്കാൾ കുറഞ്ഞവിലക്കു കൊടുക്കുക, ഏറ്റവും വില കുറച്ചു വില്ക്കുക
- undercut in Kannada
- ಅಂಡರ್ ಕಟ್, ಅಂಡರ್ಕಟ್, ಅಂಡರ್ಕ್ಯೂಟ್
- undercut in Punjabi
- ਅੰਡਰਕਟ, ਅੰਡਰਕੱਟ, ਅੰਡਰਕਟ ਕਰੋ
- undercut in Gujarati
- અન્ડરકટ, અંડરકટ, અન્ડરકટ કરો
- undercut in Odia
- ଅଣ୍ଡରକଟ, ଅଣ୍ଡରକଟ୍, ଅଣ୍ଡରକାଟ
- undercut in Nepali
- अन्डरकट, अण्डरकट
Examples of undercut in a sentence
- All this pro-plumpitude is sadly undercut by the demise of Divine.
- They do so, however, without trying to undercut the basic unity of dispensationalism.
- Another source of weight damage is from unblasted pillars or stubs left in the undercut area.
Synonyms of undercut
Antonyms
Forms of undercut
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | undercuts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | undercuts |
| present participle | undercutting |
| past participle | undercut |
| past | undercut |
Origin of undercut
From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.
Words formed from undercut
Words that rhyme with undercut
Questions about undercut
- What does undercut mean?
- Undercut means a cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
- What is undercut in Hindi?
- Undercut in Hindi is अंडरकट. See Undercut meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is undercut?
- Undercut can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce undercut?
- Undercut is pronounced /ˈʌndə(ɹ)kʌt/.
- What is the plural of undercut?
- The plural of undercut is undercuts.
Words near undercut in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: undercut (page history and authors); undercut (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undercut (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undercut (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undercut (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); undercut (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undercut (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undercut (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); undercut (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undercut (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undercut (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undercut (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undercut (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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