cutthroat

Meanings

Plural: cutthroats

Noun

• someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
• A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
• An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
• A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
• Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”).

Adjective Satellite

• ruthless in competition
  • "cutthroat competition"

Adj

• Involving the cutting of throats.
• Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
• Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.

Synonyms

bowelless, fierce

Related Words

cutthroat eel

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