cut in

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. To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.
   3. (surfing) To begin riding a wave in front of someone else whose legitimate turn it is.
   4. (idiomatic, dated) 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.

Derived terms

• cut-in

Translations

to intrude or interrupt — see intrude,‎ interrupt

to join a queue in the middle

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 插隊／插队 (zh) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: etuilla (fi) French: couper (fr), resquiller (fr) German: sich vordrängeln Japanese: please add this translation if you can Polish: wcinać się (pl) (w kolejkę), wciąć się (w kolejkę) Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: smita före (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can

to replace somebody's dancing partner

French: relayer (fr) German: abklatschen (de) Polish: odbijać (pl) impf, odbić (pl) pf

to paint edges and corners

Finnish: maalata reunat Spanish: recortar (es), rematar (es)

See also

• cut in on
• cut into
• queue-jumper

Anagrams

• incut, tunic