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Definition of Cutthroat
1. Adjective. Ruthless in competition. "Bowelless readiness to take advantage"
2. Noun. Someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat.
Definition of Cutthroat
1. n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
2. a. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
Definition of Cutthroat
1. Noun. A murderer who slits the throats of his victims. ¹
2. Noun. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. ¹
3. Adjective. Involving the cutting of throats ¹
4. Adjective. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner. ¹
5. Adjective. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cutthroat
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutthroat
Literary usage of Cutthroat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... appearance of steelheads, but with scales intermediate in number (in McCloud
River), or with scales as small as in the typical cutthroat (Kern River). ..."
2. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"Rio Grande cutthroat trout was listed as a Forest Service sensitive species and
a "management indicator species" (Stefferud 1988). ..."
3. The Desert: Further Studies in Natural Appearances by John Charles Van Dyke (1907)
"... one enormous paw over the deer's muzzle, one on his neck, and the strain of
all the back mus- The cutthroat band. The eternal struggle. Brute courage. ..."
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