Cut"ting (kŭt"t&ibreve;ng), n. 1. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.

2. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.

Cut"ting, a. 1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.

2. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.

3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.

• Present participle of to cut.
  
• The action of the verb to cut.
  
• A section removed from the larger whole.
  
• A newspaper clipping.
  
• A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
  
• An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
       The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
  
• The editing of film or other recordings.
  
• (not comparable) That is used for cutting.
       I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
  
• Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
       The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.