Definition of cutting edge

cutting edge

• at the forefront.

  Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'cut':
cut	Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed.
cut a cookie	Definitions include: to do a U turn or turn around while driving.
cut a deal	Definitions include: to make a deal.
cut a melon	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
cut a muffin	Definitions include: to flatulate.
cut and dried	Definitions include: a clear matter.
cut and run	Definitions include: to separate one's self from something, and then run away.
cut a rug	Definitions include: to dance.
cut bait	Definitions include: to give up.
cut down	Definitions include: to shoot a person.
cut friends	Definitions include: Also friends for cut.
cut glass	Definitions include: your hard nipples when you get too cold.
cut heads	Definitions include: To compete in a musical competition in front of a live audience, with the audience deciding the winner.
cut into	Definitions include: a phrase used to describe a person setting another person straight.
cut it	Definitions include: to tolerate.
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Other terms relating to 'edge':
bleeding edge	Definitions include: at the forefront.
edge	Definitions include: The pinnacle of very cool, excellent, outstanding, or awesome.
edged	Definitions include: drunk.
edges	Definitions include: The baby hair on the forehead
go over the edge	Definitions include: to go crazy.
lose (one's) edge	Definitions include: to decline in a particular skill.
on edge	Definitions include: nervous.
rough around the edges	Definitions include: having not mastered a subject.
straight-edge	Definitions include: not consuming alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and other illegal drugs; and also not engaging in premarital sex.

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