cutter
Meaning
- A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- 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.
- A foretooth; an incisor.
- A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.
- A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- A cut fastball.
- (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- (informal) A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- (colloquial,slang) A surgeon.
- An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- (obsolete) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
- (obsolete) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
- (obsolete) A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
- A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- A knife.
- An active child.
- 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
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʌtɚ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.
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