Cutthroat

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  • noun. A murderer, especially one who cuts throats.
  • noun. An unprincipled, ruthless person.
  • noun. A cutthroat trout.
  • adjective. Cruel; murderous.
  • adjective. Relentless or merciless in competition.
  • adjective. Being a form of a game in which each of three or more players acts and scores individually.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cut the throat of.
  • noun. A murderer; an assassin; a ruffian.
  • noun. The mustang grape of Texas, Vitis candicans: so called from its acrid taste. Sportsman's Gazetteer.
  • noun. A dark lantern in which there is generally horn instead of glass, and so constructed that the light may be completely obscured. Jamieson.
  • noun. A piece of ordnance. Jamieson.
  • Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
  • adjective. Ruthless; conducted without restraint.
  • noun. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
  • noun. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
  • adjective. Involving the cutting of throats
  • adjective. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
  • adjective. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. ruthless in competition
  • noun. someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
  • Word Usage
    "The cutthroat trout of Rosebud Creek, Montana, the type locality for the name cutthroat trout, have been totally replaced by brook, brown, and rainbow trout."
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