undercut

Meanings

Noun

• A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
• The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
• The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
• A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.
• A blow dealt upward.

Verb

• To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.
• To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
• To undermine.
• To strike a heavy blow upward.

Adjective

• Produced by undercutting.
• Designed so as to cut from the underside.
• Having the parts in relief cut under.

Origin

• From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.