cut vs tackle

cut

noun
  • The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in. 

  • A particular version or edit of a film. 

  • A share or portion of profits. 

  • An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving. 

  • A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point. 

  • A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance. 

  • A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove. 

  • A skein of yarn. 

  • A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit. 

  • A hidden, secluded, or secure place. 

  • An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point. 

  • The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil. 

  • The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups. 

  • The result of cutting. 

  • In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball. 

  • The card obtained by dividing the pack. 

  • The act of cutting. 

  • An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river. 

  • Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball. 

  • A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc. 

  • A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train. 

  • An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound. 

  • In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators. 

  • A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc. 

  • A slab, especially of meat. 

  • A notch shaved into an eyebrow. 

  • The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards. 

  • That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug. 

  • An unkind act; a cruelty. 

  • A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass. 

  • A haircut. 

  • A decrease. 

intj
  • An instruction to cease recording. 

adj
  • Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol. 

  • Reduced. 

  • Having been cut. 

  • Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point. 

  • Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation. 

  • Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles. 

  • Carved into a shape; not raw. 

  • Emotionally hurt. 

verb
  • To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined. 

  • To reduce, especially intentionally. 

  • To exhibit (a quality). 

  • To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage. 

  • To wound with a knife. 

  • To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. 

  • To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing. 

  • To divide a pack of playing cards into two. 

  • To enter a queue in the wrong place. 

  • To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.). 

  • To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it. 

  • To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat. 

  • To perform an incision on, for example with a knife. 

  • To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another. 

  • To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so. 

  • To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat. 

  • To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated. 

  • To stop, disengage, or cease. 

  • To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs. 

  • To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument. 

  • To form or shape by cutting. 

  • To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin. 

  • To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce. 

  • To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time. 

  • To make or negotiate. 

  • To castrate or geld. 

  • To ignore as a social rebuff or snub. 

  • To change direction suddenly. 

  • To perform (a dancing movement etc.). 

  • To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to. 

  • To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug. 

tackle

noun
  • Clothing. 

  • Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground. 

  • A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook. 

  • A block and tackle. 

  • A man's genitalia. 

  • Equipment, gear, gadgetry. 

  • A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football. 

  • Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling. 

  • An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position. 

  • A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground. 

  • A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position. 

verb
  • To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in. 

  • To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down. 

  • To bring a ball carrier to the ground. 

  • To attempt to take away a ball. 

  • To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them. 

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