transitive verb
intransitive verb
-·cut′, -·cut′ting to interrupt (a scene, sequence, etc.) by inserting (a shot, sequence, etc.), sometimes repeatedly
intercut
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intercut
verb
in·ter·cut, in·ter·cut·ting, in·ter·cutsverb
transitiveTo cut back and forth between (separate scenes or sequences) in a film: a closeup of the killer intercut with shots of a wolf.
verb
intransitiveTo cut back and forth between separate scenes or sequences in a film.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present intercuts, present participle intercutting, simple past and past participle intercut)
- To intersect.
- (cinematography) To alternate between scenes from one sequence and scenes from another film sequence, often with the sequences to be perceived as simultaneous.
Origin
From inter- + cut.
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