outtake.
A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
Meaning & usage
A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.
A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
An opening for outward discharge; a vent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.
To take out, remove.
To except.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.
except; besides.
this is for everyone outtake my wife
Where this word comes from
From Middle English outtake, outtaken, from the past participle of outtaken (“to take out”). See above. Compare earlier Middle English outnime, out-neme (“except, except for”).
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