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cutter.

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʌtɚ/General-American/ˈkʌtə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. 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.
  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 motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose

    a coastguard cutter.
  4. A foretooth; an incisor.

  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. A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.

    slang
  9. A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.

    informal
  10. A surgeon.

    colloquial · derogatory · humorous · slang
  11. An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.

  12. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

    obsolete
  13. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

    obsolete
  14. A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.

    obsolete
  15. A light sleigh drawn by one horse.

  16. A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.

  17. A knife.

    Multicultural-London-English
  18. An active child.

    Maine
  19. A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.

    derogatory
  20. 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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