cut and paste — cut and paste1 verb intransitive or transitive to move a piece of writing from one place in a computer file to another place cut and paste ,cut and paste 2 noun uncount a method of moving a piece of writing from one place in a computer file to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cut-and-paste — cut′ and paste′ adj. cvb assembled from various existing elements … From formal English to slang
cut-and-paste — [kut′ n pāst′] adj. Informal made or composed by piecing together parts that already exist, often in a way that suggests haste or lack of inspiration … English World dictionary
Cut-and-paste — Kontext Menü unter Windows Kopieren und Einfügen (engl. Copy and Paste, copy paste, copy’n’paste, abgekürzt C P) ist ein zweistufiges Prinzip der Übertragung von Daten zwischen Software Anwendungen. Zuerst werden die zu übertragenden Daten aus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cut and Paste — Kontext Menü unter Windows Kopieren und Einfügen (engl. Copy and Paste, copy paste, copy’n’paste, abgekürzt C P) ist ein zweistufiges Prinzip der Übertragung von Daten zwischen Software Anwendungen. Zuerst werden die zu übertragenden Daten aus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
cut and paste — UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms cut and paste : present tense I/you/we/they cut and paste he/she/it cuts and pastes present participle cutting and pasting past tense cut and pasted past participle cut and pasted computing to… … English dictionary
cut-and-paste — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ noun : a computer software function allowing the user to easily move blocks of information (as text or graphics) within or among documents • cut and paste II. ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ adjective : pieced together by excerpting and… … Useful english dictionary
cut-and-paste — /kut n payst /, adj. assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut and paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings. * * * … Universalium
cut-and-paste — adjective Date: 1953 pieced together by excerpting and combining fragments from multiple sources < the book was a cut and paste job > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cut and paste job — Cut and paste approach redirects here. For a method in algebraic geometry, see patchworking. A cut and paste job or cut and paste approach is a pejorative reference to various kinds of work produced by cut and paste , i.e., a quick combination of … Wikipedia
