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Undercut   /ˈəndərkˌət/   Listen
Undercut

noun
1.
The material removed by a cut made underneath.
2.
The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column.  Synonym: tenderloin.
3.
A notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall.
4.
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball.  Synonym: cut.
5.
A cut made underneath to remove material.





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"Undercut" Quotes from Famous Books



... he can reel off a number of places which must be avoided when their haricot mutton is on. He knows when the boiled beef is most a la mode at Wilkinson's, when the pudding at the "Cheshire Cheese" is just so, and when the undercut at Simpson's is most to be desired. You meet him, say, on Tuesday, and, in course of conversation, you wonder where to lunch. "Tuesday," he will murmur, "Tuesday. What d'you fancy? It's fowl-and-bacon day at 'The Mitre.' That's always good. Or it's stewed-steak day ...
— Nights in London • Thomas Burke
... that the only result with them is a wordy strife about the relative success of these two, Jesus and John. The most that their minds, steeped in jealousies and rivalries, ever watching with badger eyes to undercut some one else, could see, was a rivalry between these two men. John's instant open-hearted disclaimer made no impression upon them. They seemed not impressionable ...
— Quiet Talks about Jesus • S. D. Gordon
... and monetary policies and the immigration bonus petered out. Growth was a strong 5.9% in 2000. But the outbreak of Palestinian unrest in late September and the collapse of the BARAK Government - coupled with a cooling off in the high-technology and tourist sectors - undercut the boom and foreshadows a slowdown to ...
— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... he came to the place where Dillon had vanished. But it was a preposterously difficult task to get across an undercut to where he could grasp a stunted tree. It was a strain to scramble up past it. Then he found himself on the narrowest of possible ledges, with a sickening drop off to one side. But Dillon had ...
— The Invaders • William Fitzgerald Jenkins


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