cut paste
Clipboard editing duo
Cut paste is the action of removing content from one location and inserting it elsewhere, typically in digital contexts.
The phrase collapses "cut and paste," treating the two-step process as a single operation: I'll just cut paste this into the other document.
Originally from physical editing—literally cutting paper and pasting clippings—it now primarily describes moving text, images, or files between locations on a computer.
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- clipboardRigid paper-holding surface
- right clickMouse action for options
- context menuPop-up list of actions
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
glue · snip · trim · slice · edit · select · highlight · drag · drop · drag and drop · collage · scrapbook · ransom note · paper · craft · craft supplies · splice · insert
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- typingkeyboard, typing accuracy, words per minute, WPM, home row
- computer mouseclicking, double-click, left-click, right-click, scrolling
- pruning toolspruning shears, pruning saw, loppers, secateurs, hand pruners
cut pasteoriginal composition
Freshly created artistic piece
composing · drafting · authoring · freewriting · dictating
cut pastecreative writing
Original literary expression
crafting · inventing · innovating · brainstorming · synthesizing
cut, paste, cuts, cutting, cutter, cutters, pastes, pasted, pasting