Cut-out

Full definition of cut-out

Noun

1. A device that disconnects an electric circuit
2. A switch used in telegraphy to change the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
3. A space or hole produced when something is removed by cutting; the piece so cut out
• 2012, June 3, Nathan Rabin, TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992), The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”
4. (US) a railway cutting
5. (US) the separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected
6. A trusted middleman, especially in espionage