overcut

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overcut

Rhymes with -ʌt

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From over- + cut.

verb overcuts · overcutting · overcut · over-cut

transitive To cut excessively.
To employ the overcut strategy.

adjective more overcut · most overcut · over-cut

adjective, error misspelling, participle Excessively cut.

noun overcuts · over-cut

uncountable, usually The act or result of excessive cutting. It is better to make a sale a little under this limit, to allow for a possible excess cutting. Where through poor estimating there is an overcut, the excess should be charged to the original sale in Class B as in Class C sales.
uncountable, usually An opening resulting from such cutting; an extreme incision or wound.
uncountable, usually A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone else by pitting after them and running in clean air to make up time.
Opposite: undercut

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@misc{overcut_2026,
  title = {overcut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overcut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}