cut out

1. 1.

   delete or remove

   “Cut out the extra text”

   “cut out the newspaper article”

   Broaderextinguish

   Narrowerexcise
2. 2.

   form and create by cutting out

   “Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper”

   Broadershape

   Narrowergouge outrabbetdie
3. 3.

   cut off and stop

   “The bicyclist was cut out by the van”

   Synonymscut off

   Broaderintercept
4. 4.

   strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out

   “scratch out my name on that list”

   Synonymsscratch out

   Broadererase
5. 5.

   intercept (a player)

   Synonymscut down

   Broadercheck

   baseball

6. 6.

   cease operating

   “The pump suddenly cut out”

   Broaderend

1. 1.

   having been cut out

   “the cut-out pieces of the dress”

   Similarcut

Questions about cut out

What does cut out mean?

cut out means "delete or remove". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for cut out?

Close synonyms include cut off, scratch out, cut down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cut out a common word?

cut out is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.