throat-cuttingn.

Brit.

/ˈθrəʊtˌkʌtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈθroʊtˌkədɪŋ/

Forms: see throat n. and cutting n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: throat n., cutting n.

Etymology: < throat n. + cutting n. Compare throat-cutting adj. and earlier throat-cutter n.

1. The action or an act of cutting the throat; esp. murder or execution carried out by this means.

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > throat-cutting

throat-cutting1575

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > throat-cutting

throat-cutting1575

throat-cutting1625

1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 182 Throte cutting. Slaughter.

1603 J. Hayward Answer Conf. conc. Succession vi. sig. O A cruel throat-cutting, a most immortall and mercilesse butcherie doth vsually ensue.

1698 T. Dilke Pretenders iii. 25 I've long been a Man of Terror, and have made Conflagrations, Plundering, Rapes, and Throat-cutting my sport and diversion.

1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals I. 394 They had found him guilty of Throat cutting.

1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 23 Then come the murders, the throat-cuttings, the massacres of prisoners.

1896 PMLA 11 59 In Argentina, death-penalty is by shooting, although the old style of execution, throat-cutting, still obtains in the provinces.

1927 Spectator 17 Dec. 1083 At the Royalty, The Crooked Billet.., with a throat-cutting scene against which I warn nervous parents.

1956 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 12 48 They are..well aware of the efficacy of throat-cutting for quick dispatch.

2015 Independent (Nexis) 24 Aug. 26 Isis—in videos and online—proudly publishes its throat-cuttings and massacres.

2. figurative. Harmfully or ruthlessly competitive behaviour; fierce and often mutually disadvantageous competition, esp. with regard to business or commerce. Cf. to cut the throat of at throat n. Phrases 3a, cut-throat n. Compounds.

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society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > competition > destructive

throat-cutting1859

1859 Morning Chron. 23 Aug. 4/5 This breach between employers and employed remains unhealed. Serious as the consequences of this mutual throat-cutting are likely to be [etc.].

1888 E. Bellamy Looking Backward xxii. 323 Your contemporaries, with their mutual throat-cutting, knew very well what they were at.

1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. II. iii. xxxv. 609 It was not exactly a pool, but there had been a lot of throat-cutting in the trade; the competitive bidding had cut prices down till no man could make any profit.

1952 Music Educators Jrnl. 38 19/2 Too often a spirit of competition develops between church and school; the result is a mutual throat-cutting which certainly does no one any good.

2002 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 1 June 69 You don't often see corporate throat-cutting in an operation as small as Citroen Australia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

throat-cuttingadj.

Brit.

/ˈθrəʊtˌkʌtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈθroʊtˌkədɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: throat n., cutting adj.

Etymology: < throat n. + cutting adj. Compare earlier throat-cutting n., throat-cutter n.

That cuts the throat; given to or characterized by cutting throats. In later use frequently figurative: involving or characterized by harmfully or ruthlessly competitive behaviour, esp. with regard to business or commerce; cf. to cut the throat of at throat n. Phrases 3a, cutthroat n. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > throat-cutting

throat-cutting1575

throat-cutting1625

1625 ‘I. Rodoginus’ Differences Easterne & Westerne Churches Pref. sig. D^v Him, who all his life time hath played the throat-cutting Ruffian, or the leacherous whoremonger.

1684 J. Harington Grecian Story 308 Throat-cutting Thieves at least.

1794 E. Williams Poems II. 163 Wheedling the Almighty to become a party in the diabolical contentions and throat-cutting matches of the great men of this, little less than, infernal world.

1833 C. Darwin Let. 20 Sept. in Corr. (1985) I. 331 A more throat-cutting gentry do not exist than these Gauchos on the face of the world.

1859 Habits Good Society iii. 132 How difficult..has it been to abolish the stiff black hat and the throat-cutting collar.

1859 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 7 May We predicted the present throat-cutting struggle among the railroads some time before it occurred.

1893 Iron Trade Rev. 9 Mar. 6/1 The demoralization that has come from bad figuring and throat-cutting competition.

1912 H. James Let. 28 Nov. (1984) IV. 642 The throat-cutting..nations.

1948 Kiplinger Mag. July 3/2 Competition is stiff, and there may be price cuts, but..they will not be deep, not of the throat-cutting variety.

2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Mar. 21 The fish are killed by workers with a single throat-cutting thrust of the knife through the gill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	throat-cutting
释义	throat-cuttingn. Brit. /ˈθrəʊtˌkʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈθroʊtˌkədɪŋ/ Forms: see throat n. and cutting n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: throat n., cutting n. Etymology: < throat n. + cutting n. Compare throat-cutting adj. and earlier throat-cutter n. 1. The action or an act of cutting the throat; esp. murder or execution carried out by this means. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > throat-cutting throat-cutting1575 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > throat-cutting throat-cutting1575 throat-cutting1625 1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 182 Throte cutting. Slaughter. 1603 J. Hayward Answer Conf. conc. Succession vi. sig. O A cruel throat-cutting, a most immortall and mercilesse butcherie doth vsually ensue. 1698 T. Dilke Pretenders iii. 25 I've long been a Man of Terror, and have made Conflagrations, Plundering, Rapes, and Throat-cutting my sport and diversion. 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals I. 394 They had found him guilty of Throat cutting. 1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 23 Then come the murders, the throat-cuttings, the massacres of prisoners. 1896 PMLA 11 59 In Argentina, death-penalty is by shooting, although the old style of execution, throat-cutting, still obtains in the provinces. 1927 Spectator 17 Dec. 1083 At the Royalty, The Crooked Billet.., with a throat-cutting scene against which I warn nervous parents. 1956 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 12 48 They are..well aware of the efficacy of throat-cutting for quick dispatch. 2015 Independent (Nexis) 24 Aug. 26 Isis—in videos and online—proudly publishes its throat-cuttings and massacres. 2. figurative. Harmfully or ruthlessly competitive behaviour; fierce and often mutually disadvantageous competition, esp. with regard to business or commerce. Cf. to cut the throat of at throat n. Phrases 3a, cut-throat n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > competition > destructive throat-cutting1859 1859 Morning Chron. 23 Aug. 4/5 This breach between employers and employed remains unhealed. Serious as the consequences of this mutual throat-cutting are likely to be [etc.]. 1888 E. Bellamy Looking Backward xxii. 323 Your contemporaries, with their mutual throat-cutting, knew very well what they were at. 1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. II. iii. xxxv. 609 It was not exactly a pool, but there had been a lot of throat-cutting in the trade; the competitive bidding had cut prices down till no man could make any profit. 1952 Music Educators Jrnl. 38 19/2 Too often a spirit of competition develops between church and school; the result is a mutual throat-cutting which certainly does no one any good. 2002 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 1 June 69 You don't often see corporate throat-cutting in an operation as small as Citroen Australia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). throat-cuttingadj. Brit. /ˈθrəʊtˌkʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈθroʊtˌkədɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: throat n., cutting adj. Etymology: < throat n. + cutting adj. Compare earlier throat-cutting n., throat-cutter n. That cuts the throat; given to or characterized by cutting throats. In later use frequently figurative: involving or characterized by harmfully or ruthlessly competitive behaviour, esp. with regard to business or commerce; cf. to cut the throat of at throat n. Phrases 3a, cutthroat n. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > throat-cutting throat-cutting1575 throat-cutting1625 1625 ‘I. Rodoginus’ Differences Easterne & Westerne Churches Pref. sig. D^v Him, who all his life time hath played the throat-cutting Ruffian, or the leacherous whoremonger. 1684 J. Harington Grecian Story 308 Throat-cutting Thieves at least. 1794 E. Williams Poems II. 163 Wheedling the Almighty to become a party in the diabolical contentions and throat-cutting matches of the great men of this, little less than, infernal world. 1833 C. Darwin Let. 20 Sept. in Corr. (1985) I. 331 A more throat-cutting gentry do not exist than these Gauchos on the face of the world. 1859 Habits Good Society iii. 132 How difficult..has it been to abolish the stiff black hat and the throat-cutting collar. 1859 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 7 May We predicted the present throat-cutting struggle among the railroads some time before it occurred. 1893 Iron Trade Rev. 9 Mar. 6/1 The demoralization that has come from bad figuring and throat-cutting competition. 1912 H. James Let. 28 Nov. (1984) IV. 642 The throat-cutting..nations. 1948 Kiplinger Mag. July 3/2 Competition is stiff, and there may be price cuts, but..they will not be deep, not of the throat-cutting variety. 2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Mar. 21 The fish are killed by workers with a single throat-cutting thrust of the knife through the gill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1575adj.1625
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