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   cut and paste

   /ˌkʌt ən ˈpeɪst/

   noun

   • 1. a combination of the functions ‘cut’ and ‘paste’, by which text or data is moved from one place in an electronic document or computer system to another: "images can be imported using cut and paste"

   verb

   • 1. move (text or data) from one place in an electronic document or computer system to another via the cut and paste functions: "you can cut and paste this paragraph if you want to"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a process in which text or data is moved from one place in an electronic document or computer system to another via the cut and paste functions: "a computer's cut-and-paste function"
   • 2. assembled quickly from various different sources: "the manuscript was a cut-and-paste job from the author's doctoral dissertation"

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