cuttingn.1. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.()2. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.()a.1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.()2. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.()3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply; a cutting remark.()