Definition of Cutthroat

1. Noun. Someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat.

Generic synonyms: Liquidator, Manslayer, Murderer

2. Adjective. Ruthless in competition. "Bowelless readiness to take advantage"
Exact synonyms: Bowelless, Fierce
Similar to: Merciless, Unmerciful
Derivative terms: Fierceness

Definition of Cutthroat

1. n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.

2. a. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.

Definition of Cutthroat

1. Noun. A murderer who slits the throats of his victims. ¹

2. Noun. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. ¹

3. Adjective. Involving the cutting of throats ¹

4. Adjective. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner. ¹

5. Adjective. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cutthroat

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutthroat

cuts someone some slack
cuts up
cutscene
cutscenes
cutset
cutsets
cuttable
cuttage
cuttages
cutted
cutter
cutter-offer
cuttermen
cutters
cutteth
cutthroat (current term)
cutthroats
cuttie
cuttier
cutties
cuttiest
cutting
cutting-edge
cutting angle
cutting bait
cutting board
cutting boards
cutting down
cutting edge
cutting forceps

Literary usage of Cutthroat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... appearance of steelheads, but with scales intermediate in number (in McCloud River), or with scales as small as in the typical cutthroat (Kern River). ..."

2. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"Rio Grande cutthroat trout was listed as a Forest Service sensitive species and a "management indicator species" (Stefferud 1988). ..."

3. The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances by John Charles Van Dyke (1907)
"... one enormous paw over the deer's muzzle, one on his neck, and the strain of all the back mus- The cutthroat band. The eternal struggle. Brute courage. ..."

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