deep cut
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8.4
- noun
- /dip kʌt/
- Jargon
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canción poco conocida
- As a dedicated fan, I always enjoy discovering deep cuts that showcase the artist's range beyond the famous hits.
By the way, this is a deep cut real deal OG vintage.
- By the way, this is a deep cut real deal OG vintage.
- But that's a that's really, that's a deep cut.
Examples
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The compilation album includes several deep cuts that true followers of the artist will appreciate.
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When they shifted about 4-6 months ago to more of a classic rock (except deep cut songs nobody listened to), I looked into buying an Internet radio.
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And then they played some really deep cuts in A Walk in the Shadows from Rage for Order.
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This Jay-Z considered "Dead Presidents II" a "deep cut," even though most of the people in the audience knew the words, and it's the one song from Reasonable Doubt that a casual Jay-Z fan would probably know.
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Many fans consider the song "Blackdog" a deep cut from the band's early album.
Synonyms
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4.7
A track of music on a record or album
Antonyms
How Known
Surface Forms
Morphology
The word 'cut' as a song/track is transparent, but the use of 'deep' to signal an obscure or non-single track is a metaphorical extension (meaning something 'deep' in the album or 'for aficionados') that is not directly derivable from the basic adjective sense. A B1 learner who knows 'deep' and 'cut' might instead infer 'a very intense song' rather than the idea of an obscure fan-favorite, so prior exposure is usually needed.
Etymology
The noun deep cut may come from thinking of a cut as a recorded 'song' and deep as being far inside an album, like a track hidden away that only serious fans know. So, it now means 'a song' that is not widely known but loved by dedicated listeners.