cut-throat

A form of cutthroat — A murderer who slits the throats of victims.

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Meanings

nouncut-throat (plural cut-throats)

plural cut-throats

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of cutthroat.
adjectivecut-throat (comparative more cut-throat, superlative most cut-throat)

comparative more cut-throat · superlative most cut-throat

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of cutthroat.
    1 more example

    As from January 1, 1899, the former cut-throat rivalry between the South Eastern Railway (under Sir Edward Watkin) and the London, Chatham & Dover Railway (led by James Staats Forbes) was composed by a joint management and traffic sharing (S.E.R. 59 per cent. and L.C.D.R. 41 per cent.) under the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Companies Managing Committee, which was established by Act of August 1, 1899.

    1957 July 28, Charles E. Lee, “The Changing Face of Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 446
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APA

cut-throat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-throat

MLA

“cut-throat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-throat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cut-throat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cut-throat.

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