cutter.
A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
Meaning & usage
A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
a stone cutter; a die cutter
In some CNC programs, the diameter of the cutter (such as an end mill) is handled by cutter compensation codes.
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 motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
a coastguard cutter.
A foretooth; an incisor.
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.
A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
A surgeon.
An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
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.
A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.