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Definition of meet-cute in English:

meet-cute

noun

informal mainly US

  • (in a film or television show) an amusing or charming first encounter between two characters that leads to the development of a romantic relationship between them.

    • ‘it all started with a little meet-cute in a hospital elevator’

intransitive verbmet-cute

[no object] informal mainly US

  • (of two characters in a film or television show) have an amusing or charming first encounter that leads to the development of a romantic relationship.

    • ‘he meets-cute with a cynical actress’
    • ‘the couple met-cute at a puppetry class’

Origin

1940s (as verb): from meet + cute.