adj
Meaning 1
Involving the cutting of throats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cutthroat
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.
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adj
Meaning 3
Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.
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noun
Meaning 4
A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
ruthless in competition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cutthroat competition
- bowelless readiness to take advantage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fierce, bowelless
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: murderer, liquidator, manslayer
History
Etymology
From cut + throat.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: mörderisch — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- German: halsabschneiderisch — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- German: rücksichtslos — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- German: hemmungslos — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- Hungarian: gyilkos — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- Hungarian: öldöklő — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- Hungarian: késhegyre menő — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- Spanish: canallesco — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- Swedish: mördande — very competitive, dog-eat-dog
- Azerbaijani: başkəsən — murderer
- Belarusian: галаварэ́з (halavaréz) — murderer
- Bulgarian: главоре́з (glavoréz) — murderer
- Czech: hrdlořez — murderer
- French: coupe-jarret — murderer
- Georgian: ყასაბი (q̇asabi) — murderer
- German: Halsabschneider — murderer
- Italian: tagliagole — murderer
- Kazakh: баскесер (baskeser) — murderer
- Latvian: rīkļurāvējs — murderer
- Polish: nożownik — murderer
- Polish: rzezimieszek — murderer
- Portuguese: degolador — murderer
- Russian: головоре́з (golovoréz) — murderer
- Slovak: hrdlorez — murderer
- Spanish: degollador — murderer
- Swedish: mördare — murderer
- Ukrainian: головорі́з (holovoríz) — murderer
- Ukrainian: горлорі́з (horloríz) — murderer
- Bulgarian: главоре́з (glavoréz) — unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person
- German: Halsabschneider — unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person
- Polish: bandyta — unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person
- Polish: zbir — unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person
- Polish: rzezimieszek — unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person
- Russian: головоре́з (golovoréz) — unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person
- Spanish: canalla — unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person
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