Cutthroat meaning

kŭtthrōt
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An unprincipled, ruthless person.
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Relentless or merciless in competition.

A cutthroat business.

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Cruel; murderous.
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A cutthroat trout.
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(sports & games) Being a form of a game in which each of three or more players acts and scores individually.

Cutthroat handball; cutthroat bridge.

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A violent criminal, esp. one who murders.
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Murderous.
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Merciless; ruthless.
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Played by persons competing as individuals rather than with partners, as some forms of bridge or pinochle.
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A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
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A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
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Involving the cutting of throats.
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Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.

He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.

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Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.

Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.

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A murderer, especially one who cuts throats.
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Cutthroat Sentence Examples

  • Corporate three-piece suit types like skull tats because they express the cutthroat attitude often applied to get ahead in business, even if they do need to hide their body art during work hours.

  • Movies and TV shows make fun of vapid models, but the truth is that it's a demanding, cutthroat business, and you have to be strong and have a really good sense of humor.

  • Just play the simple rules where the one with the most money wins, instead of the cutthroat version where a player must knock the others out by making them lose their money.

  • Several rivers surround the resort, including the Savage, North Branch of the Potomac, Youghiogheny and Casselman Rivers, all teeming with rainbows, browns, brookies and cutthroat trout.

  • Although there are some players who appear season after season of this show, there are some players who only appear once and then decide the cutthroat nature of the game isn't for them.

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