undercut

Universal Words verb, noun verb (undercutting, undercut, undercut) [VN] 1 to sell goods or services at a lower price than your competitors: to undercut sb's prices * We were able to undercut our European rivals by 5%. 2 to make sth weaker or less likely to be effective SYNUNDERMINE: Some members of the board were trying to undercut the chairman's authority. noun a way of cutting sb's hair in which the hair is left quite long on top but the hair on the lower part of the head is cut much shorter