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cuts en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /kʌts/
  • /kʊts/ (Northern-England)

Meanings

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, dated, historical, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article) Corporal punishment at school.
    • ‘I′ll give you something to keep you awake, McFadyen!’ Ape shouted. Meat was taken off to the staff room and given the cuts. 1995, Bill Marsh, Ape: Old Yanconian Daze, page 110:
    • He reckons that about 80% of the boys in the school regularly received the cuts from Mr Saunders so he didn′t feel as if he was being unduly picked on. 2001, Lyall Ford, Poorhouse to Paradise: The Adventures of a Pioneering Family in a North Queensland Country Town, page 55:
    • My greatest happiness is that Sebastian is having a good time at school and has never been given the cuts. 2008, Gaynor McGrath, Lemniscate, page 250:
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of cut
    form of cut
    • Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets. 1922, "The Bride's Cookery Primer", Good Housekeeping, volume 74, page 66:

cuts en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /kʌts/
  • /kʊts/ (Northern-England)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of cut
    form of cut