intercut

verb

in·​ter·​cut ˌin-tər-ˈkət How to pronounce intercut (audio)
intercut; intercutting; intercuts

transitive verb

1
: to insert (a contrasting camera shot) into a take by cutting
2
: to insert a contrasting camera shot into (a take) by cutting

intransitive verb

: to alternate contrasting camera shots by cutting

Examples of intercut in a Sentence

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Along the way, Levinson intercuts between Genovese’s and Costello’s lives while also splicing in later interview footage, black-and-white slides of the old days, flashbulbs exploding, and snippets of other scenes. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025 Levinson also employs various stylistic devices, including intercutting a murder with scenes from the 1949 gangster classic White Heat, that feel strained. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025 This intercutting and overlapping sound helps create a sense of Lawrence looking back or reflecting on the choice he’s made to intervene and also transitions into a voting sequence that clearly indicates that Adeyemi’s vote tally has been seriously reduced. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025 Those who felt that part one would have been better suited to a television series will find little to disabuse them of that notion in this installment, which intercuts among its disparate characters and story strands even more rapidly. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intercut

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of intercut was in 1932

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“Intercut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intercut. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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