cutter

Meaning

  1. A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
  2. 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.
  3. A foretooth; an incisor.
  4. A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.
  5. A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
  6. A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
  7. A cut fastball.
  8. (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
  9. (informal) A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
  10. (colloquial,slang) A surgeon.
  11. An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
  12. (obsolete) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
  13. (obsolete) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
  14. (obsolete) A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
  15. A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
  16. A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
  17. A knife.
  18. An active child.
  19. A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.

Synonyms

cutting tool

cutting machine

chopping knife

ship’s boat

cutter arbor

stone breaker

quillotine

sharp weapon

garment cutter

tool bit

cutter holder

cutting head

recording head

viner

cutting-out press

knife carrier

soft brick

clipping machine

knife tool

bit tool

knife back

cutting-tool

cut-off machine

phonograph cutter

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʌtɚ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.

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