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cut-in

Pronunciation: (kut'in"), [key]
—n.
1. Motion Pictures.a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity: We will insert a cut-in of the letter as she reads it.
2. Radio and Television.a commercial or other announcement inserted by a local station into a network broadcast.
3. the act of cutting in, as on a dancing couple.

cu•tin

Pronunciation: (kyOO'tin), [key]
—n.
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.

cutie pie

cutinize

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