cut-off

adjective

Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.

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Meanings

nouncut-off (plural cut-offs)

plural cut-offs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of cutoff.

    [sense 4 at cutoff] I should doubt if the consumption exceeded 30lb per mile, although it must be remembered that the regulator and cut-off were virtually unchanged from Etaples to Amiens, while the speed remained constant at 100 k.p.h. (62.5 m.p.h.) for mile after mile.

    1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 150
adjectivecut-off (comparative more cut-off, superlative most cut-off)

comparative more cut-off · superlative most cut-off

  1. Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
battle jacket

Origin

Deverbal from cut off.

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APA

cut-off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-off

MLA

“cut-off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-off. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cut-off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-off.

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