cutter
UK/ˈkʌtə/US/ˈkʌtɚ/
cutter noun: a person or device that cuts (in various senses).
Noun
cutter (plural cutters)
- A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- a stone cutter; a die cutter
- In some CNC programs, the diameter of the cutter (such as an end mill) is handled by cutter compensation codes.
- A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- a coastguard cutter.
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC
- A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- A cut fastball.
- A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- After I got out of the mental institution I was looking at t.v. show I was looking it a teenage girl who was a cutter her arm look just like my arm.2013, Leona Davis, Past, Future, and End, FriesenPress, page 33
- A surgeon.
- Synonyms:
- slasher
- An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and canners […]1905, United States. Bureau of Corporations, Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry, page 89
- An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
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- A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
- , A True Tale of Robin Hood
So being outlaw'd (as 'tis told), / He with a crew went forth / Of lusty cutters, bold and strong, / And robbed in the north. - He's out of cash, and thou know'st by cutter's law, / We are bound to relieve one another.1633, A Match at Midnight (disputed authorship)
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- A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
- A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- Throughout much of the winter, the sled or the cutter was the vehicle of choice. Emily and Joseph had a cutter, for traveling in style in snow.2007, Carrie A. Meyer, Days on the Family Farm, U of Minnesota Press, page 55
- A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- Flags and other cutters allow the DP or gaffer to throw large controlled shadows on parts of the scene.2012, John Jackman, Lighting for Digital Video and Television, page 86
- A knife.
- An active child.
- Late night, take a flow, tryna find the rats
Twelve inch cutter in and out, then Imma ride them back2017 July 25, Farley, “Out Here”, 0:42–0:47 - Hop out the ride with things and stuff
Back the longest cutter, watch him cut him, [grate their neek trips?] up2021 August 16, (Mali Strip) Killa Kurse x AR x Rondo, “Buck aii LGR diss”, 1:23–1:28
- Late night, take a flow, tryna find the rats
- A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.
- A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
Proper noun capitalized: Cutter
Cutter (plural Cutters)
- A surname.
cutter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cutter in Hindi
- कटर, काटर
cutter in Tamil
- வெட்டி, வெட்டுளி, நறுக்கி
cutter in Marathi
- कटर, कापणारा
cutter in Urdu
- کٹر, کاٹنے والا, کاٹر
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- cutter in Bengali
- কাটার যন্ত্র, ছোটো জাহাজ
- cutter in Telugu
- కట్టర్, కటర్
- cutter in Malayalam
- വെട്ടുകാരൻ, മോട്ടോർ ബോട്ട്
- cutter in Kannada
- ಕೊಯ್ಕ, ಕೊಯಿಕ, ಕೊಯ್ಗಾರ
- cutter in Punjabi
- ਕਟਰ, ਕੱਟਣ ਵਾਲਾ, ਕੱਟਰ
- cutter in Gujarati
- કાપણી kāpṇī
- cutter in Odia
- କଟର, କାଟର୍, କଟର୍
- cutter in Sanskrit
- तक्ष takṣa
- cutter in Nepali
- कटर
- cutter in Indonesian
- pemotong, pemangkas
Examples of cutter in a sentence
- The intervening years, however, were spent as a cutter.1982, The Movies, page 288:
- Chico Pacheco kept repeating the phrase between clenched teeth, lamenting the wasted days of his youth; he had been a notorious cutter of classes.1988, Jorge Amado, Home is the Sailor, page 55:
Synonyms of cutter
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Forms of cutter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cutters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cutters |
Origin of cutter
From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.
Words formed from cutter
- Cutter classification
- Cutter Expansive Classification
- biscuit cutter
- bolt cutter
- boxcutter
- box-cutter
- box cutter
- breadcutter
- brushcutter
- cane cutter
- canecutter
- chaff cutter
- cheese cutter
- cigar cutter
- clearcutter
- coalcutter
- concrete cutter
- cookie-cutter
- cookie cutter
- copy cutter
- cord-cutter
- corncutter
- cutter and paster
- cutterhead
- cutterman
- cutter-off
- cutter-offer
- daisy cutter
- daisy-cutter
- dark cutter
- diamond cutter
- egg cutter
- endocutter
- fly cutter
- forecutter
- gem cutter
- gemcutter
- gem-cutter
- glass cutter
- glasscutter
- grasscutter
- haircutter
- histocutter
- leaf-cutter
- leaf cutter
- leafcutter
- leaf-cutter ant
- leaf-cutter bee
- leg cutter
- meatcutter
- milling cutter
- nail cutter
- negative cutter
- off cutter
- overcutter
- paper cutter
- phlegm-cutter
- pipe cutter
- pisscutter
- pizza cutter
Phrases with cutter
- tube cutter
- turd cutter
- stump cutter
- wheel cutter
- Cutter number
- Cutter numbers
- revenue cutter
- swear like a cutter
- swore like a cutter
- sworn like a cutter
- swears like a cutter
- Cutter classifications
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Words that rhyme with cutter
Questions about cutter
- What does cutter mean?
- Cutter means a person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- What is cutter in Hindi?
- Cutter in Hindi is कटर, काटर. See Cutter meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use cutter in a sentence?
- The intervening years, however, were spent as a cutter.
- What part of speech is cutter?
- Cutter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cutter?
- Cutter is pronounced /ˈkʌtɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of cutter?
- The plural of cutter is cutters.
Words near cutter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cutter (page history and authors); Cutter (page history and authors); cutter (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutter (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutter (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutter (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); तक्ष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); cutter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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