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- Dictionarycut-throat/ˈkʌtθrəʊt/
noun
- 1. a murderer or other violent criminal: dated "a disreputable squad of thieves, cut-throats, and deserters"
- 2. short for cut-throat razor
adjective
- 1. (of a competitive situation or activity) fierce and intense; involving the use of ruthless measures: "the cut-throat world of fashion" Similar
- 2. denoting a form of whist (or other card game normally for four) played by three players.
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competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others: a cut-throat business / market / world. Scrapping of price fixing legislation led to a cut-throat battle for supermarket customers. Many firms have fallen victim to cut-throat competition.
CUTTHROAT definition: 1. not involving considering or worrying about any harm caused to others: 2. not involving…. Learn more.
noun. cut· throat ˈkət-ˌthrōt. Synonyms of cutthroat. 1. : killer, murderer. 2. : a cruel unprincipled person. cutthroat. 2 of 2. adjective. 1. : murderous, cruel. 2. : marked by unprincipled practices : ruthless. cutthroat competition. 3.
showing no care or consideration for the harm done to others with whom you are in competition: He was unhappy working in the cutthroat world of advertising. (Definition of cutthroat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of cutthroat. cutthroat.
If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
Definition of cut-throat adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge. He cut the paper with a pair of scissors. cortar. 2. to separate or divide by cutting. She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.
Cutthroat definition: a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.. See examples of CUTTHROAT used in a sentence.
Definition of cutthroat adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) adjective. ruthless in competition. “ cutthroat competition”. synonyms: bowelless, fierce. merciless, unmerciful. having or showing no mercy.
