cut and paste

verb

To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents.

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Meanings

verbcut and paste (third-person singular simple present cuts and pastes, present participle cutting and pasting, simple past and past participle cut and pasted)

present singular third person cuts and pastes · participle present cutting and pasting · participle past cut and pasted · past cut and pasted

  1. To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents.
  2. computingTo delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or a different one.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 複製粘貼 /复制粘贴
  • 複製粘貼 /复制粘贴 (fùzhìzhāntiē)to cut and paste
Esperanto transpoŝigi
  • transpoŝigito cut and paste
German ausschneiden und einfügen
  • ausschneiden und einfügento cut and paste
Spanish cortar y pegar, cortapegar
  • cortar y pegarto cut and paste
  • cortapegarto cut and paste
Turkish kes yapıştır
  • kes yapıştırto cut and paste
Cite this entry
APA

cut and paste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20and%20paste

MLA

“cut and paste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20and%20paste. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cut and paste,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut%20and%20paste.

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