Definitions for undercuts

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undercuts un·der·cut

Spelling: [verb uhn-der-kuht, uhn-der-kuht; noun, adjective,

IPA: /verb ˌʌn dərˈkʌt, ˈʌn dərˌkʌt; noun, adjective, ˈʌn dərˌkʌt/

Undercuts is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 368 anagrams from letters in undercuts (cdenrstuu).

Definitions for undercuts

noun

1. a cut or a cutting away underneath.
2. a notch cut in a tree to determine the direction in which the tree is to fall and to prevent splitting.
3. Golf. a backspin.
4. Tennis. a slice or cut made with an underhand motion.
5. Chiefly British. a tenderloin of beef including the fillet.
6. Dentistry. a tooth cavity prepared with a wide base for anchoring a filling securely.

adjective

1. having or resulting from an undercut.

verb (used with object)

1. to cut under or beneath.
2. to cut away material from so as to leave a portion overhanging, as in carving or sculpture.
3. to offer goods or services at a lower price or rate than (a competing price or rate) or than that of (a competitor).
4. to weaken or destroy the impact or effectiveness of; undermine.
5. Golf. to hit (the ball) so as to cause a backspin.
6. Tennis. to slice (the ball) using an underhand motion.
7. to cut (a sound recording) with grooves too shallow or with insufficient lateral motion of the stylus.
8. Forestry. to cut a notch in (a tree) in order to control the direction in which the tree is to fall.

verb (used without object)

1. to undercut material, a competitor, a ball, etc.

Origin of undercuts

1350-1400; Middle English undercutten to cut down; see under-, cut

Examples for undercuts

This puts a tremendous amount of undercut or stop on the ball.

She come back at me with a kind of an undercut right under the jaw.

In the photo, the ostentatious monument is undercut (literally) by a temporary stall selling wares in its niche.

When the whole face is undercut and spragged, the shot-firer is summoned.

Plus, he already had the super trendy “undercut” hairstyle popular with the fashion forward men of today.

Satellite television outfits like DirectTV have undercut cable on price and signed up millions of customers.

It is a long roll of undercut of beef, so long that it seems to be sold by the yard.

There is some fair concern that Obama may well have undercut his military threats against Iran.

Particularly once people start dying, you have to figure out how to make the humor not undercut the emotion of the piece.

The mortise is undercut as before, and saw-cuts are made in the end of the tenon.