undercut

undercut is a 8-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
2. transitive verb. To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an overhanging portion.
3. noun. a cut made underneath to remove material
4. noun. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

   "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"

   Synonyms: cut

5. noun. a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall
6. noun. the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

   Synonyms: tenderloin

7. noun. the material removed by a cut made underneath
8. verb. cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall
9. verb. strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
10. verb. cut away the underpart of

    "undercut a vein of ore"

11. verb. cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief
12. verb. sell cheaper than one's competition

    Synonyms: undersell

Synonyms

cut, tenderloin, undersell

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in undercut:

unreduct, untruced

Common word forms

undercuts, undercutter, undercutting

Words from these letters

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