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[ kuht-throht ] / ˈkʌtˌθroʊt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cutthroat ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer. adjectivemurderous. ruthless: cutthroat competition. pertaining to a game, as of cards, in which each of three or more persons acts and scores as an individual. Origin of cutthroatFirst recorded in 1525–35; cut + throat Words nearby cutthroatcutter-rigged, cut the comedy, cut the Gordian knot, cut the ground from under, cut the mustard, cutthroat, cutthroat contract, cutthroat trout, cutting, cutting board, cutting compound Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cutthroatIt was a cutthroat move from investors, hard-pressed to turn a profit on a film that was a domestic disappointment. David Vs. Goliath in the Age of Video on Demand|Teo Bugbee|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Silicon Valley tech firms tend to be every bit as cutthroat and greedy as any capitalist enterprise before it. Silicon Valley’s Giants Are Just Gilded Age Tycoons in Techno-Utopian Clothes|Joel Kotkin|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST First impressions are tough to eradicate—especially in the cutthroat world of Hollywood. Brooklyn Decker on Her ‘Horrible’ Modeling Experiences, Marriage, and Cracking Hollywood|Marlow Stern|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the lake a cutthroat trout breaks the surface; pieces of it follow him into the air. Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean|Pete Dexter|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But her model for meritocratic social mobility was predicated upon the value of cutthroat individualism. How Thatcher's Ideology Threatens To Kill Zionism|Samuel Lebens|April 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was cutthroat all the way through—a policy that made for the rottenness of trade. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908|Various Crossed a prairie twelve miles broad and arrived at the house of Rutherford, the second man on the cutthroat list. Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819|Richard Lee Mason We can deal with that old buzzard as freely and as profitably as if we were in a cutthroat pawnshop. David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney It was clear that either he or you had to meet this German cutthroat. The Cornet of Horse|G. A. Henty Once the Stassfurt firms had a falling out and began a cutthroat competition. Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson
British Dictionary definitions for cutthroat
nouna person who cuts throats; murderer Also called: cut-throat razor British a razor with a long blade that usually folds into the handleUS name: straight razor adjectivebloodthirsty or murderous; cruel fierce or relentless in competitioncut-throat prices (of some games) played by three peoplecut-throat poker Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cutthroatferocious, vicious, savage, barbarous, bloodthirsty, cruel, dog-eat-dog, merciless, pitiless, relentless, unprincipled, hard as nails |