Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🪚 Moves material up ⬆️ An upward cut ⬆️ To cut upward
upcut

upcut

8.4
A cut made upward to remove small pieces from the work area
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : corte ascendente
  • The technician made an upcut on the metal piece to ensure a smooth edge.

Examples

  • During the film editing process, the director requested an upcut to enhance the transition between scenes.

  • In machining, an upcut helps in removing excess material effectively.

  • Sound upcut - thunder and rain...

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Sound upcut - Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations...

    Fiction book (1991)

  • As the two men stare at her, puzzled, we hear a sound upcut—the wail of police sirens—and ...

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Sound upcut: a jet engine roars -- EXT. White Sands AFB - DAY Air Force 2 lands with a screech as government motor pool cars speed toward it across the tarmac.

    Fiction book (1997)

Antonyms

downcut
  • Specialized
7.7

A tool that cuts downward to pull small pieces down and leave a clean top surface

Surface Forms

upcut singular
upcuts plural

Morphology

upcut = cut (transparent) = up + cut

The noun denotes a cut made in an upward direction and is directly formed from 'up' + 'cut'.

Etymology

An upcut is simply up ('toward the top') plus cut ('a slice or removal'), so it means a cut that goes upward. That's why an upcut is used to lift material away from the work area or to trim the start of a scene.