cutter
nounUS /ˈkʌtɚ/ · UK /ˈkʌtə/
Etymology From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.
20 senses
- 1A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- 2A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel…
- 3A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- 4A foretooth; an incisor.
- 5A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- 6A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch…
- 7A cut fastball.
- 8A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most…
- 9A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- 10A surgeon.
- 11An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no…
- 12An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the…
- 13A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
- 14A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
- 15A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- 16A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- 17A knife.
- 18An active child.
- 19A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital…
- 20A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the…
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 more examples
- The intervening years, however, were spent as a cutter. He was, indeed, one of the best film editors in the business, winning an Academy Award for Body and Soul (1947).1982, The Movies, page 288:
- Chico Pacheco kept repeating the phrase between clenched teeth, lamenting the wasted days of his youth; he had been a notorious cutter of classes.1988, Jorge Amado, Home is the Sailor, page 55:
A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- a coastguard cutter.
A foretooth; an incisor.
- the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.
- After I got out of the mental institution I was looking at t.v. show I was looking it a teenage girl who was a cutter her arm look just like my arm.2013, Leona Davis, Past, Future, and End, FriesenPress, page 33:
Medicine, Sciences Colloquial, Derogatory, Humorous, Slang A surgeon.
An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and canners […]1905, United States. Bureau of Corporations, Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry, page 89:
Obsolete An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
Obsolete A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
- Martin Parker, A True Tale of Robin Hood So being outlaw'd (as 'tis told), / He with a crew went forth / Of lusty cutters, bold and strong, / And robbed in the north.
- He's out of cash, and thou know'st by cutter's law, / We are bound to relieve one another.1633, A Match at Midnight (disputed authorship)
Obsolete A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- Throughout much of the winter, the sled or the cutter was the vehicle of choice. Emily and Joseph had a cutter, for traveling in style in snow.2007, Carrie A. Meyer, Days on the Family Farm, U of Minnesota Press, page 55:
Broadcasting, Media, Television A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- Flags and other cutters allow the DP or gaffer to throw large controlled shadows on parts of the scene.2012, John Jackman, Lighting for Digital Video and Television, page 86:
Multicultural London English A knife.
Maine An active child.
- Late night, take a flow, tryna find the rats Twelve inch cutter in and out, then Imma ride them back2017 July 25, Farley, “Out Here”, 0:42–0:47:
- Hop out the ride with things and stuff Back the longest cutter, watch him cut him, [grate their neek trips?] up2021 August 16, (Mali Strip) Killa Kurse x AR x Rondo, “Buck aii LGR diss”, 1:23–1:28:
1 more example
- […] swing my cutter Get man down if he is on my brother2021 November 29, KMulla, “Mutual Feeling”, 1:24–1:27:
Derogatory A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.
Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War, Wrestling A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
- Derived terms
74 terms
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