cut in

See also: cut-in, cutin, and cûtin

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

cut in (third-person singular simple present cuts in, present participle cutting in, simple past and past participle cut in)

1. To intrude or interrupt.
   1. To join a queue in the middle, as opposed to at the back.

      Synonyms: jump the queue, push in, queue-jump

   2. (idiomatic) To dance with someone who is already dancing by replacing his or her partner.
2. When painting, to paint edges, corners, or trim in preparation for rolling larger areas.

Translations

to intrude or interrupt

• Finnish: keskeyttää (fi)
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• French: interrompre (fr)

to join a queue in the middle

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 插隊／插队 (zh) (chāduì), 插队 (zh) (chāduì)

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• Finnish: etuilla (fi)
• French: couper (fr), resquiller (fr)
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to replace somebody's dancing partner

• French: relayer (fr)
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• Polish: odbijać (pl) impf, odbić (pl) pf

to paint edges and corners

• Finnish: maalata reunat
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See also

• cut in on
• cut into
• queue-jumper

Anagrams

• incut, tunic