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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



... Hilary Joyce found himself in the presence of a short, thick-set officer, with a gentle voice and a placid expression which covered a remarkably acute and energetic spirit. With that quiet smile and guileless manner he had undercut and outwitted the most cunning of Orientals. He stood, a cigarette between his fingers, looking at the newcomer. "I heard that you had come. Sorry the chief isn't here to see you. Gone up to the ...
— The Green Flag • Arthur Conan Doyle
... deeply undercut, of the so-called Palma type. From Coatepec, Canton Falapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Totonacau ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... gleamed in blow after blow. A deep incision appeared in the trunk of the tree, and at the base of it Ba'tiste started the saw, Barry working on the other end with his good arm. Ten minutes of work and they switched to the other side. Here no "undercut" was made; the saw bit into the bark and deep toward the heart of the tree in a smooth, sharp line that ...
— The White Desert • Courtney Ryley Cooper
... teeth, struck one undercut at his opponent—the same undercut that Myles had that time struck at Sir James Lee at the knight's bidding when he first practised at the Devlen pels. Myles met the blow as Sir James had met the blow that he had given, ...
— Men of Iron • Ernie Howard Pyle
... head, let us look at her feet. Giovanni has his own positive notions about those also. Thin and bony, to excess, the right, undercut all along, so that the profile looks as thin as the mere elongated line on an Etruscan vase; and the right showing the five toes all well separate, nearly straight, and the larger ones almost as long as fingers! the shin bone above carried ...
— Val d'Arno • John Ruskin


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