Cutting /(kŭt"tĭng)/

Cut·ting

Cutting

n.
  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.

Cutting

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.