cuts

plural of cut

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural 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:

Noun Australia, New Zealand

  1. 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...
    • 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:

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cut