Cutting Cutting is the separation or opening of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force. Implements commonly used for wikt:cut, cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scal ...

is the division or separation of a physical object with an edged instrument. Cutting or cuttings may also refer to:

Entertainment

Film editing Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital ...

Cut (music) In African American music, and in discjockey, deejaying and turntablism, a cut "overtly insists on the repetitive nature of the music, by abruptly skipping it back to another beginning which we have already heard. Moreover, the greater the insistenc ...

, a musical and deejaying technique * The act of competing in or winning a

cutting contest A cutting contest was a musical battle between various stride piano players from the 1920s to the 1940s, and to a lesser extent in improvisation contests on other jazz instruments during the swing era. Up to the present time, the expression ''cut ...

, a type of musical battle

Human behaviour

Cutting in line Cutting in line, also known as line/queue jumping, butting, barging, budging, bunking, skipping, breaking, ditching, shorting, pushing in, or cutsies, is the act of entering a queue or line at any position other than the end. The act is extremely ...

, the act of entering a queue at any position other than the end * A form of

self-harm Self-harm is intentional behavior that is considered harmful to oneself. This is most commonly regarded as direct injury of one's own skin tissues usually without a suicidal intention. Other terms such as cutting, self-injury and self-mutilatio ...

Sport and leisure

Cutting (sport) Cutting is a western-style equestrian competition in which a horse and rider work together before a judge or panel of judges to demonstrate the horse's athleticism and ability to handle cattle. Modern competition utilizes a minute performance, ...

, an equestrian event *

Cutting (cards) In card games, to cut the cards (also "cut the deck" or "cut the pack") is to split the deck into two packets by lifting one packet from the top and placing it face down beside the remainder; before placing the lower packet on top of it. This is ...

, a common practice in card games to prevent cheating *

Weight cutting Weight cutting is the practice of fast weight loss prior to a sporting competition. It most frequently happens in order to qualify for a lower weight class (usually in combat sports or rowing, where weight is a significant advantage) or in sports ...

, the practice of rapid weight loss prior to a sporting competition *

Cutting in Cutting in may be carried out with a tap on the shoulder and a polite request Cutting in is a process, in dancing, by which a person interrupts two dance partners and claims the partner of one. As traditionally portrayed in Hollywood films, men ...

, the act of taking a dance partner from another * A bodybuilding strategy

Transport

Cutting (automobile) The Cutting was an automobile manufactured in Jackson, Michigan by the Clark-Carter Automobile Company from 1909–1911, and the Cutting Motor Car Company from 1911–12. The Cutting was a powerful automobile using engines from Milwaukee, Mode ...

Cutting (transportation) Cutting is the separation or opening of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force. Implements commonly used for cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scalpel and m ...

, an excavation to make way for a transport route * A form of

naval boarding Naval boarding action is an offensive tactic used in naval warfare to come up against (or alongside) an enemy marine vessel and attack by inserting combatants aboard that vessel. The goal of boarding is to invade and overrun the enemy personn ...

, popular during the age of sail

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Cutting (surname) Cutting is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alastair Cutting (born 1960), Church of England Archdeacon * Andy Cutting (born 1969), English folk musician and composer * Austin Cutting (born 1996), American football player * B ...

, a surname *

Cutting, Moselle Cutting (; german: Kuttingen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. History Previous names:Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Meurthe - Henri Lepage ''Kuctinga'' (1328), ''Kuttanges'' (147 ...

, France *

Cutting (plant) A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation. A piece of the stem or root of the source plant is placed in a suitable medium such as moist soil. If the conditions are suitable, the plant ...

, a technique for plant propagation *

Cutting horse A cutting horse is a stock horse, typically an American Quarter Horse, bred and trained for cutting, a modern equestrian competition requiring a horse and rider to separate a single cow from a herd of cattle and prevent it from getting back to th ...

, horse trained to cut cattle * The act of using a

cutting agent A cutting agent is a chemical used to "cut" ( dilute or adulterate) recreational drugs with something less expensive than the drug itself. Overview The classical model of drug cutting, according to Preble and Casey (1969), refers to the way ...

to dilute drugs

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