2. the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; - Example: "the barber gave him a good cut" [syn: cut, cutting, cutting off]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cutting off
n 1: the act of cutting something off [syn: abscission,
cutting off]
2: the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends;
"the barber gave him a good cut" [syn: cut, cutting,
cutting off]