CUT-IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cut-in mean? 

• CUT-IN (noun)
  The noun CUT-IN has 2 senses:

1. (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

2. (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film

  Familiarity information: CUT-IN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUT-IN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut-in; insert

Hypernyms ("cut-in" is a kind of...):

break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)

Domain category:

broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut-in; insert

Hypernyms ("cut-in" is a kind of...):

break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)

Domain category:

celluloid; cinema; film (a medium that disseminates moving pictures)