カットオフ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

cutoff; cutting off

General term for stopping or interrupting a flow, signal, supply, or process. Used in technical and everyday contexts.

• 安あん全ぜん装そう置ちが作さ動どうしてガスの供きょう給きゅうをカットオフした。

  The safety device activated and cut off the gas supply.

• このスイッチで電でん源げんをカットオフできます。

  You can cut off the power with this switch.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

cutoff play

Baseball term: a defensive play where an infielder intercepts a throw from the outfield to redirect it.

• 外がい野やからの送そう球きゅうをショートがカットオフしてホームへ転てん送そうした。

  The shortstop cut off the throw from the outfield and relayed it to home plate.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

cutoffs; cut-off jeans

Refers to jeans or shorts that have been cut short, often with a frayed edge. Also used as a no-adjective.

• 彼かの女じょはカットオフのジーンズをはいている。

  She is wearing cut-off jeans.

• このカットオフショーツは夏なつにぴったりだ。

  These cutoff shorts are perfect for summer.