- a device, tool, or machine for cutting
- a person who cuts or whose work is cutting; specif., a person whose work is cutting to patterns the sections that form a garment
- a boat carried, esp. formerly, aboard large ships to transport personnel or supplies
- an armed sailing vessel, formerly used by revenue authorities, as to pursue smugglersalso revenue cutter
- a small, armed, engine-powered ship, used by the Coast Guard as for patrol dutyalso Coast Guard cutter
- a single-masted yacht or sailboat carrying two headsails under normal wind conditions
- a small, light sleigh, usually drawn by one horse
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noun
- One that cuts, especially in tailoring.
- A device or machine that cuts.
- Nautical a. A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with two or more headsails and a mast set somewhat farther aft than that of a sloop.b. A ship's boat, powered by a motor or oars and used for transporting stores or passengers.c. A patrol boat, especially a US Coast Guard ship that is at least 65 feet long and has accommodations for the crew.
- A small sleigh, usually seating one person and drawn by a single horse.
- Baseball See cut fastball.
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gaff-rigged cutter Tuiga
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Noun
(plural cutters)
- A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- a stone cutter; a die cutter
- (nautical) 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 foretooth; an incisor.
- A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.
- a coastguard cutter.
- (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- (baseball) A cut fastball.
- (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- (slang) A person who practices self-injury.
- A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
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