cut-out

Meanings

1. A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.
2. A piece cut out of something.
3. A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), often displayed for promotional purposes; a standee.
4. A kind of cookie produced in a certain shape by use of a cookie cutter.
5. An item of clothing, such as a dress or shoe, designed with portions cut away.
6. A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
7. A piece of clip art.
8. Any of several devices that halt the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
9. A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
10. A railway cutting.
11. The separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected.

Etymology

Deverbal from cut out.