Cutting is the application of an acutely directed force to pierce or separate a physical object.

Cutting may also mean:

• Cut (cards)
• A synonym for film editing
• Cutting (music)
• Cutting (plant), a part of a plant removed to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
• Cutting (sport), an equestrian sport
• Cutting (transportation), an excavation to form an artificial canyon, trench, or ditch for the ease of road or rail transport
• Cut and fill
• Cut and paste
• Cutting agent, an adulterant added to illicit drugs
• A form of spin on a cricket ball; see off cutter or leg cutter
• A railway or road cutting; see hillclimbing (railway)
• A term referring to body modification, self-harm, or catharsis
• Another name for audio tape editing
• Cutting (in line), entering a line/queue at any position other than the end
• Social cutting, purposefully ignoring a person in a social situation.

Cutting is the name of:

• Bronson M. Cutting
• Cutting (Moselle), a commune of the Moselle département in France
• Cutting Records, a New York City record company that originated the art of cutting audio-tape (tape editing)

See also

• Cut (disambiguation)