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   Cut·throat

   /ˈkətˌTHrōt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a murderer or other violent criminal: dated "a disreputable squad of thieves, cut-throats, and deserters"
   • 2. a trout of western North America, with red or orange markings under the jaw.

   adjective

   • 1. (of a competitive situation or activity) fierce and intense; involving the use of ruthless measures: "cutthroat competition led to a lot of bankruptcies" Similar ruthlessmercilesspitilessunfeelingrelentlessaggressiveinformal:badassdog-eat-dogfiercely competitiveintensely competitive
   • ▪ (of a person) using ruthless methods in a competitive situation: "the greedy cutthroat manufacturers he worked for"
   • ▪ relating to or being a game or contest in which each of three players scores individually against the other two.
   • ▪ denoting a form of whist (or other card game normally for four) played by three players.

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   What does it mean to be a cutthroat?

   • Competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others. A cutthroat person is ambitious to a fault and would do anything, short of cutting someone’s throat actually, to get ahead or win. This cutthroat person has no moral dilemma about their need to win.

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   What is a cutthroat in billiards?

   • cut + throat cutthroat ( countable and uncountable, plural cutthroats) A murderer who slits the throats of victims. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. ( uncountable) 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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   Is it a cut-throat business?

   • It's a cutthroat business, but I daresay there's not a guy in it who doesn't trust my dad. If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.

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   Why is a cut-throat woman so powerful?

   • It's because it comes from such a cut-throat battle scene where anything goes, there are no rules, whatever you can say to cut somebody, goes. Oftentimes, when we picture a powerful business woman, we think of the cut-throat woman who isn't afraid to tear others down. Is this sort of cut-throat, competitive worklife a new phenomenon?

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   CUT-THROAT meaning: competing in a strong and unfair way, without considering any harm caused to others: . Learn more.

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   cutthroat: 1 n someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat Type of: liquidator , manslayer , murderer a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) adj ruthless in competition “ cutthroat competition” Synonyms: bowelless , fierce merciless , unmerciful having or showing no mercy

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   Cut-throat definition: a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.. See examples of CUT-THROAT used in a sentence.

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   Apr 8, 2024 · cutthroat ( countable and uncountable, plural cutthroats) A murderer who slits the throats of victims. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. ( uncountable) 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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   a person who cuts throats; murderer. adjective. 2. murderous. 3. merciless; ruthless. 4. US. played by persons competing as individuals rather than with partners, as some forms of bridge or pinochle.