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cutthroat
cut·throat C0828300 (kŭt′thrōt′)n.1. A murderer, especially one who cuts throats.2. An unprincipled, ruthless person.3. A cutthroat trout.adj.1. Cruel; murderous.2. Relentless or merciless in competition: a cutthroat business.3. Sports & Games Being a form of a game in which each of three or more players acts and scores individually: cutthroat handball; cutthroat bridge.cut•throat (ˈkʌtˌθroʊt)
n. 1. a person who cuts throats; murderer. adj. 2. murderous. 3. ruthless. 4. of or designating a game, as of cards, played by three persons, each scoring individually. [1525–35] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | cutthroat - someone who murders by cutting the victim's throatliquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | | Adj. | 1. | cutthroat - ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"bowelless, fiercemerciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" |
cutthroatnounOne who murders another:butcher, homicide, killer, manslayer, massacrer, murderer, murderess, slaughterer, slayer, triggerman.adjectiveEager for bloodshed:bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, homicidal, murderous, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous.Translationscutthroat
cutthroat pricesExtremely low prices (i.e., those that "cut the throats" of competitors by being impossible to beat). They gained a huge foothold in the market by offering decent mid-range smartphones at cutthroat prices.See also: cutthroat, pricecut someone's throat1. Be the means of someone's ruin, as in Joe would cut her throat if she got in his way. One can also cut one's own throat, that is, spoil one's own chances, as in Alice cut her own throat by her repeated absences. This hyperbolic term alludes to actual murder (or suicide). [c. 1500] 2. cut one another's throats. Engage in destructive competition. For example, With their price war the two stores were cutting each other's throats. This usage gave rise, by 1880, to the idiom cutthroat competition, for vicious competitive practices. See also: cut, throatEncyclopediaSeecut-throatcutthroat
Synonyms for cutthroatnoun one who murders anotherSynonyms- butcher
- homicide
- killer
- manslayer
- massacrer
- murderer
- murderess
- slaughterer
- slayer
- triggerman
adj eager for bloodshedSynonyms- bloodthirsty
- bloody
- bloody-minded
- homicidal
- murderous
- sanguinary
- sanguineous
- slaughterous
Synonyms for cutthroatnoun someone who murders by cutting the victim's throatRelated Words- liquidator
- manslayer
- murderer
adj ruthless in competitionSynonymsRelated Words |