cut a feather

English

Verb

cut a feather (third-person singular simple present cuts a feather, present participle cutting a feather, simple past and past participle cut a feather)

  1. (nautical) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
  2. (colloquial) To make oneself conspicuous.
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