What is a cut in basketball?

Answer 1

A cut means a sudden movement (usually towards the basket) to lose your defender in order to create open space.

Backdoor cut: cutting towards the basket while tricking your defender the opposite direction.

Answer 2

When you try out for a team (any team in particular) and they call out names of the kids who did make it and the names of the kids who weren't called are the cuts and didn't make the team.