cut-throat

1. a person who cuts throats; murderer

2. (Hairdressing & Grooming) Also called: cut-throat razor Brit a razor with a long blade that usually folds into the handle. US name: straight razor

adj

3. bloodthirsty or murderous; cruel

4. fierce or relentless in competition: cut-throat prices.

5. (Games, other than specified) (of some games) played by three people: cut-throat poker.

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cut-throat

adjective

1. competitive, fierce, ruthless, relentless, unprincipled, dog-eat-dog the cut-throat world of international finance

2. murderous, violent, bloody, cruel, savage, ferocious, bloodthirsty, barbarous, homicidal, thuggish, death-dealing Captain Hook and his band of cut-throat pirates

noun

1. murderer, killer, butcher, thug, assassin, slayer (archaic), homicide, bravo, liquidator, executioner, hit man (slang), heavy (slang) a band of cut-throats prepared to undertake the vilest crimes for money

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Translations

cut-throat

[ˈkʌtθrəʊt]

A. N (= murderer) → asesino/a m/f

B. ADJ (= fierce) [competition] → feroz, encarnizado

C. CPD cut-throat razor N → navaja f (de afeitar)

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cut-throat

n (= murderous type) → Verbrechertyp m

adj

competition, business → unbarmherzig, mörderisch

cut-throat razor → (offenes) Rasiermesser

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cut

(kat) – present participle ˈcutting: past tense past participle cut – verb

1. to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge. He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.

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.

3. to make by cutting. She cut a hole in the cloth.

4. to shorten by cutting; to trim. to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.

5. to reduce. They cut my wages by ten per cent.

6. to remove. They cut several passages from the film.

7. to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of). I cut my hand on a piece of glass.

8. to divide (a pack of cards).

9. to stop. When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!'

10. to take a short route or way. He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.

11. to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure). An axis cuts a circle in two places.

12. to stay away from (a class, lecture etc). He cut school and went to the cinema.

13. (also cut dead) to ignore completely. She cut me dead in the High Street.

noun

1. the result of an act of cutting. a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.

2. the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc. the cut of the jacket.

3. a piece of meat cut from an animal. a cut of beef.

ˈcutter noun

1. a person or thing that cuts. a wood-cutter; a glass-cutter.

2. a type of small sailing ship.

ˈcutting noun

1. a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.

2. an article cut out from a newspaper etc. She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.

3. a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.

adjective

insulting or offending. a cutting remark.

cut glass

glass with ornamental patterns cut on the surface, used for drinking glasses etc.

ˈcut-price

cheaper than normal. cut-price goods; a cut-price store.

ˈcut-throat noun

a murderer.

adjective

fierce; ruthless. cut-throat business competition.

a cut above

(obviously) better than. He's a cut above the average engineer.

cut and dried

fixed and definite. cut-and-dried opinions.

cut back to reduce considerably: The government cut back (on) public spending (noun ˈcutback)

cut both ways

to affect both parts of a question, both people involved, good and bad points etc. That argument cuts both ways!

cut a dash

to have a smart or striking appearance. He cuts a dash in his purple suit.

cut down

1. to cause to fall by cutting. He has cut down the apple tree.

2. to reduce (an amount taken etc). I haven't given up smoking but I'm cutting down.

cut in

to interrupt. She cut in with a remark.

cut it fine

to allow barely enough time, money etc for something that must be done.

cut no ice

to have no effect. This sort of flattery cuts no ice with me.

cut off

1. to interrupt or break a telephone connection. I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.

2. to separate. They were cut off from the rest of the army.

3. to stop or prevent delivery of. They've cut off our supplies of coal.

cut one's losses

to decide to spend no more money, effort etc on something which is proving unprofitable.

cut one's teeth

to grow one's first teeth. The baby's cutting his first tooth.

cut out

1. to stop working, sometimes because of a safety device. The engines cut out (noun ˈcut-out).

2. to stop. I've cut out smoking.

cut short

1. to make shorter than intended. He cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis.

2. to cause (someone) to stop talking by interrupting them. I tried to apologize but he cut me short.