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cutter-off

cutter-off noun: someone who cuts off someone or something.

Noun

cutter-off (plural cutters-off)

  1. (informal) Someone who cuts off someone or something.
    • After an hour or so the veil lifted and discovered beneath it fifty horsemen, ravening lions to the sight, in steel armour dight. We observed them straightly, and lo! they were cutters-off of the highway, wild as wild Arabs.1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 114

Forms of cutter-off

pluralcutters-off

Origin of cutter-off

From cut off + -er.

Questions about cutter-off

What does cutter-off mean?
Cutter-off means someone who cuts off someone or something.
What part of speech is cutter-off?
Cutter-off is a noun.
What is the plural of cutter-off?
The plural of cutter-off is cutters-off.

Words near cutter-off in the dictionary

  1. cutter and paster
  2. Cutter classification
  3. Cutter classifications
  4. Cutter number
  5. Cutter numbers
  6. cutter-off
  7. cutter-offer
  8. cutter-offers
  9. cutterhead
  10. cutterheads
  11. Cutteries

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