cut-throat (redirected from cut-throats)

cut-throat

n

1. a person who cuts throats; murderer

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / 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

1. bloodthirsty or murderous; cruel

2. fierce or relentless in competition cut-throat prices

3. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) (of some games) played by three people cut-throat poker

Thesaurus

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

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

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)

cut-throat

n (= murderous type) → Verbrechertyp m

adj

competition, business → unbarmherzig, mörderisch

cut-throat razor → (offenes) Rasiermesser