cuts

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌts/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ʌts

Noun

cuts

1. plural of cut
   • 1922, "The Bride's Cookery Primer", Good Housekeeping, volume 74, page 66:

     Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.

Noun

cuts pl (plural only)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, dated or historical, with "the") Corporal punishment at school.
   • 1995, Bill Marsh, Ape: Old Yanconian Daze, page 110:

     ‘I′ll give you something to keep you awake, McFadyen!’ Ape shouted.
     Meat was taken off to the staff room and given the cuts.

   • 2001, Lyall Ford, Poorhouse to Paradise: The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town‎, page 55:

     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.

   • 2008, Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate‎, page 250:

     My greatest happiness is that Sebastian is having a good time at school and has never been given the cuts.

Verb

cuts

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cut

Anagrams

• Cust., TUSC, U. S. C. T., U.S.C.T., UCTs, USCT, USTC, cust, scut