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Undercut

//ˈʌndə(ɹ)kʌt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Produced by undercutting. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Designed so as to cut from the underside. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Having the parts in relief cut under. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
  2. 2
    a cut made underneath to remove material wordnet
  3. 3
    The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
  4. 4
    (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball wordnet
  5. 5
    The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
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  1. 6
    a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall wordnet
  2. 7
    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."

  3. 8
    the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column wordnet
  4. 9
    A blow dealt upward.
  5. 10
    the material removed by a cut made underneath wordnet
  6. 11
    A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle
  7. 12
    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.
  8. 13
    The continuation of the saddle of a rabbit's coat toward the front legs.
Verb
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall wordnet
  3. 3
    To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
  4. 4
    strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot wordnet
  5. 5
    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."

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  1. 6
    cut away the underpart of wordnet
  2. 7
    To strike a heavy blow upward.
  3. 8
    cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief wordnet
  4. 9
    To employ the undercut strategy.
  5. 10
    sell cheaper than one's competition wordnet
  6. 11
    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 effort that had swelled in a miniscule amount of time, and undercut the sheer conceptual impact this could leave in all of their respective fields."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.

Etymology 2

From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.

Etymology 3

From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.

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