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Cutting is the division or separation of a physical object with an edged instrument.

Cutting or cuttings may also refer to:

Entertainment

• Film editing
• Cut (music), a musical and deejaying technique
• The act of competing in or winning a cutting contest, a type of musical battle

Human behaviour

• Cutting in line, the act of entering a queue at any position other than the end
• A form of self-harm

Sport and leisure

• Cutting (sport), an equestrian event
• Cutting (cards), a common practice in card games to prevent cheating
• Weight cutting, the practice of rapid weight loss prior to a sporting competition
• Cutting in, the act of taking a dance partner from another
• A bodybuilding strategy

Transport

• Cutting (automobile)
• Cutting (transportation), an excavation to make way for a transport route
• A form of naval boarding, popular during the age of sail

Other uses

• Cutting (surname), a surname
• Cutting, Moselle, France
• Cutting (plant), a technique for plant propagation
• Cutting horse, horse trained to cut cattle
• The act of using a cutting agent to dilute drugs

See also

• Cut (disambiguation)
• Cutter (disambiguation)
• Tribology