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🖼️ Inserted image 📺 Broadcast interruption
cut-in

cut-in

1 7.2
A short announcement that interrupts a program to give local news or alerts
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌt ɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : anuncio especial
  • Nauman has already talked about cuts in Gustaf Vasa.

Examples

  • Press entry: in the panel 02 shows and cut-in flashes.

    Academic text (1995)

  • By mid-fight, Art was no longer bleeding from the cut next to his right eye and was bleeding only a little from another cut in the scar tissue on the bridge of his nose.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The world community is vitally interested in further cuts in Russian and U.S. nuclear weapons.

    Academic text (2000)

  • At the cut-in, we hear faint, regular typing.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • at the next cut-in

    The Collaborators (2015)

  • During the live broadcast, the host announced a special cut-in to share breaking news.

  • The sports network used a cut-in to briefly show highlights from last night's game.

  • Viewers were surprised by a cut-in that featured an unexpected advertisement.

Synonyms

insert
vscut-in
  • Specialized
7 6.0

A short part added to a film or publication that gives extra information

is used to interrupt a program with a local announcement or short content

How Interruptive

preemption
  • Formal
1 8.3
interruption
99 3.0
cut-in
  • Specialized
1 7.2
announcement
738 1.5
bulletin
  • Literature
133 3.7

Surface Forms

cut-in singular
cut-ins plural

Morphology

cut-in = cut + in (semi-transparent) = cut + in

The broadcast sense comes from the idea of inserting something into an ongoing program, so the structure is understandable but somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Cut-in comes from the simple words cut and in, like a quick 'cut' that comes 'in' to interrupt a program, much as someone can 'cut in' during a conversation. So a cut-in on TV or radio is a short local announcement put into a show to give important news.