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cut throat

cut throat is the alternative spelling of cutthroat.

Meaning of cutthroat

Noun

cutthroat (countable and uncountable, plural cutthroats)

  1. A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
  2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
    • The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild.1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1
  3. (uncountable) A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.

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Forms of cut throat

Noun
pluralcut throats
Adjective
comparativemore cut throat
superlativemost cut throat

Questions about cut throat

What is cut throat the alternative spelling of?
Cut throat is the alternative spelling of cutthroat.

Words near cut throat in the dictionary

  1. cut the muster
  2. cut the pigeon wing
  3. cut the rug
  4. cut the shit
  5. cut the umbilical cord
  6. cut throat
  7. cut throats
  8. cut through
  9. cut throughs
  10. cut ties
  11. cut time

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