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Definitions for Cutback

[1] a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.: a cutback in production.
[2] a return in the course of a story, motion picture, etc., to earlier events.
[3] Football . a play in which the ball-carrier abruptly reverses direction, especially by starting to make an end run and then turning suddenly to run toward the middle of the line.
[4] a maneuver in surfing of heading the surfboard back toward a wave's crest.
[5] a decrease or reduction
[6] another word (esp US) for flashback
[7] (tr) to shorten by cutting off the end; prune
[8] (when intr, foll by on ) to reduce or make a reduction (in)
[9] (intr) mainly US (in films) to show an event that took place earlier in the narrative; flash back

Words related to Cutback

decline, reduction, reversal, belt-tightening, lowering, lessening, abatement, curtailment, decrement, economy

Words nearby Cutback

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Origin of Cutback

First recorded in 1895–1900; noun use of verb phrase cut back

Synonyms for Cutback

belt-tightening, decline, reduction, reversal, abatement, curtailment, decrement, economy, lessening, lowering