cutthroat

cutthroat

See also: cut-throat

English

Alternative forms

• cut-throat

Etymology

cut +‎ throat

Noun

cutthroat (countable and uncountable, plural cutthroats)

1. A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
3. (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.

Translations

murderer

Bulgarian: главорез (bg) m (glavorez) Georgian: ყასაბი (ka) (q̇asabi) Italian: tagliagole Kazakh: баскесер (baskeser) Latvian: rīkļurāvējs m

Polish: nożownik (pl) m Russian: головоре́з (ru) m (golovoréz) Spanish: degollador m Swedish: mördare (sv)

unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person

Bulgarian: главорез (bg) m (glavorez) German: Halsabschneider (de) m

Russian: головоре́з (ru) m (golovoréz) Spanish: canalla (es)

Adjective

cutthroat (comparative more cutthroat, superlative most cutthroat)

1. Involving the cutting of throats
2. 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.

3. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog

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

Translations

very competitive, dog-eat-dog

German: mörderisch (de), halsabschneiderisch, rücksichtslos (de), hemmungslos (de) Hungarian: gyilkos (hu), öldöklő (hu), késhegyre menő

Spanish: canallesco Swedish: mördande (sv)