undercut

1. 1.

   sell cheaper than one's competition

   Synonymsundersell

   Broadersell
2. 2.

   cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief

   Broadercut away
3. 3.

   cut away the underpart of

   “undercut a vein of ore”

   Broadercut away
4. 4.

   strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot

   Broaderhit
5. 5.

   cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall

   Broadercut

Other forms of undercut

plural

undercuts·

past tense

undercutted·

present participle

undercutting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about undercut

What does undercut mean?

undercut means "the material removed by a cut made underneath". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in undercut?

undercut has 3 syllables: un-der-cut. The stress falls on "un". In IPA it is /ˈʌndɚˌkʌt/.

What is another word for undercut?

Close synonyms include tenderloin, cut, undersell. 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 undercut a common word?

undercut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with undercut?

5 words rhyme with undercut. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.