crosscutting

US: (krôs′kut′ing, kros′-)

From the verb crosscut: (⇒ conjugate)

crosscutting is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

cross•cut•ting  (krôs′kut′ing, kros′-), n. [Motion Pictures, Television.]

1. Cinema, Show Business the technique of intercutting a scene with portions of another scene, esp. to heighten suspense by showing simultaneous action.

• cross- + cutting

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

cross•cut  (krôs′kut′, kros′-), adj., n., v., -cut, -cut•ting. 
adj. 

1. made or used for cutting crosswise.
2. cut across the grain or on the bias.

n. 

3. a transverse cut or course.
4. a shortcut by way of an area not ordinarily traversed, as grass or open country;
   a route that cuts diagonally across a road or path network.
5. Mining an underground passageway, usually from a shaft to a vein of ore or crosswise of a vein of ore.
6. Show Business [Motion Pictures, Television.] an act or instance of crosscutting.
7. Building a crosscut saw.

v.t. 

8. to cut or go across.
9. Cinema, Show Business [Motion Pictures, Television.] to insert into a scene or sequence (portions of another scene), as to heighten suspense or suggest simultaneous action.

v.i. 

10. Cinema, Show Business [Motion Pictures, Television.] to employ the technique of crosscutting.

• cross- + cut 1580–90

cross′cut′ter, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

crosscut / ˈkrɒsˌkʌt/ adjective

1. cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis

noun

1. a transverse cut or course
2. a less common word for short cut
3. a tunnel through a vein of ore or from the shaft to a vein

verb ( -cuts, -cutting, -cut)

1. to cut across