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V-cut en · ADJ

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1. Cut into a V shape, especially describing the neckline of clothing.
   • His white lace and linen shirt showed slightly above his V-cut doublet to emphasize the bronze coloring of his face and throat. 1983, Karen Harper, The Last Boleyn:
   • A waitress, wearing a tight brown skirt and a V-cut blouse, took his order for a cognac, an unusual preference at Marion's. 2003, Vincent Cannistraro, The Venetian Light, page 166:

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V-neck · V-shaped · V sign

V-cut en · NOUN

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1. A cut or incision in the shape of a letter V.
   • With an almighty thud the tree slides vertically along the 'V' cut and buries the sawn end into the ground only two feet from where it started, ending up perfectly upright, as if it had never moved. 2003, Peter Thwaites, Come Smile with Me, page 41:
   • The v-cut goes deeper into the body of the cigar than any other type of cut, yet leaves the two sides fully rounded. 1997, Ted Gage, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cigars:
2. An evasive manoeuvre in which a player makes a sharp turn to run back on themselves.
   • Like the jab, the V-cut is used to get a defender off balance or out of position and to thereby give the offensive player the advantage. 2012, Morgan Wootten, Joe Wootten, Coaching Basketball Successfully, 3rd edition, page 109:
   • If you make a V-cut and come back for the ball, the defender can't get into the passing lane. 2013, Don Zimmerman, Peter England, Men's Lacrosse, page 96:
3. The V shape made by the lower abdominal muscles above the pubis.
   • His stomach was tight with a six-pack, and his plaid flannel pajama pants showed his V-cut in mouthwatering detail. 2016, Jenna Sutton, Hanging by a Thread, page 166:
   • His muscles seem more pronounced, his pecs popping, abs rolling, and his V cut looks sharper than before, driving my desire skyward. 2015, Selena Rivera, Unexpected Love:

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