Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A murderer, especially one who cuts throats.
- n. An unprincipled, ruthless person.
- n. A cutthroat trout.
- adj. Cruel; murderous.
- adj. Relentless or merciless in competition: a cutthroat business.
- adj. Sports & Games Being a form of a game in which each of three or more players acts and scores individually: cutthroat handball; cutthroat bridge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
- n. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
- adj. Involving the cutting of throats
- adj. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
- adj. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
- adj. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
- adj. Ruthless; conducted without restraint.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A murderer; an assassin; a ruffian.
- n. The mustang grape of Texas, Vitis candicans: so called from its acrid taste. Sportsman's Gazetteer.
- n. A dark lantern in which there is generally horn instead of glass, and so constructed that the light may be completely obscured. Jamieson.
- n. A piece of ordnance. Jamieson.
- Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
- To cut the throat of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. ruthless in competition
- n. someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
Etymologies
Examples
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The cutthroat trout of Rosebud Creek, Montana, the type locality for the name cutthroat trout, have been totally replaced by brook, brown, and rainbow trout.
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If I'm not mistaken the cutthroat is the only true trout to America.
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More miles of free flowing rivers than any other state, the mountain cutthroat streams of other western states, along with Sea Run Steelhead and Salmon.
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The number of people who will swear by Microsoft, even though it has consistently put out inferior products for two decades while indulging in cutthroat business practices as a matter of principle.
What $499 Buys From Apple (for Now) - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
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It is in cutthroat markets for laptops, digital cameras, G.P.S. units and plenty of other products.
Sony’s Stringer Will Sell You a TV and a Movie, Too - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
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Fact is, infrastructure requires investment, and we are in cutthroat competition for this economic activity with every other west coast port.
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The common name cutthroat trout, which applies to the species as a whole, was first used for a population of Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
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Thus the type locality for the original description of the common name cutthroat trout is Rosebud Creek.
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Characteristics that could be classified as cutthroat were considered childish, aggressive, and contrary to the traits that might create peace.
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Another corrido is about Joaquin Murrieta, native of Sonora who live in the Gold Rush era in California and became known as a cutthroat bandido.
hugovk commented on the word cutthroat
cutthroat, n., a cutthroat compound
Brianne Hughes, 6th May 2015:
May 27, 2015