Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.

(transitive) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time. / (transitive) To cut someone short, to stop someone from finishing what they are saying.

Alternative spelling of shortcut

To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents. / (computing) To delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or a different one.

To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.

(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) Superior to the norm. / (idiomatic, almost always preceded by a, always followed by a noun or noun phrase) Superior to.

(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) Inferior to the norm. / (idiomatic, almost always preceded by a, always followed by a noun phrase) Inferior to.

Pieced together from several sources.

(idiomatic) Straightforward, obvious, simple, or basic. / (forestry) Having had all trees cut.

To remove all trees or vegetation from an area.