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cutter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌtɚ/ (General-American)
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/ˈkʌtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- In some CNC programs, the diameter of the cutter (such as an end mill) is handled by cutter compensation codes.
- 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:
- a stone cutter; a die cutter
- 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 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.
- the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
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.
- 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:
(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.
- 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)
- , 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.
(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:
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.
- Hop out the ride with things and stuff Back the longest cutter, watch him cut him, [grate their neek trips?] up 2021 August 16, (Mali Strip) Killa Kurse x AR x Rondo, “Buck aii LGR diss”, 1:23–1:28:
- Late night, take a flow, tryna find the rats Twelve inch cutter in and out, then Imma ride them back 2017 July 25, Farley, “Out Here”, 0:42–0:47:
- […] swing my cutter Get man down if he is on my brother 2021 November 29, KMulla, “Mutual Feeling”, 1:24–1:27:
(derogatory) 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.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
cutters	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (122)

fr chaloupe (ship's boat) · fi yhteysvene (ship's boat) · it pilotina (ship's boat) · de Beiboot (ship's boat) · nb skjærer (person that cuts) · nn skjerar (person that cuts) · af kotter (single-masted sailing ship type) · ckb ببڕ (person that cuts) · it cutter (single-masted sailing ship type) · ja カッター (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · fr cotre (single-masted sailing ship type) · nl snijder (person that cuts) · de Abschneider (person that cuts) · ota قوطره (single-masted sailing ship type) · be рэ́зчыца (person that cuts) · az oymaçı (person that cuts) · pt cortador (device that cuts) · ka კატარღა (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · az kəsər (device that cuts) · bg реза́чка (person that cuts) · sv kutter (single-masted sailing ship type) · es cortadora (device that cuts) · nb kutter (single-masted sailing ship type) · de Abschneiderin (person that cuts) · ru корабе́льная ло́дка (ship's boat) · es cúter (single-masted sailing ship type) · ca cúter (single-masted sailing ship type) · da cutter (slang: person who cuts him or herself) · ga gearrthóir (device that cuts) · az kəski (device that cuts) · sv skärare (person that cuts) · mk се́кач (device that cuts) · da kutter (single-masted sailing ship type) · it taglierino (device that cuts) · id pemangkas (device that cuts) · ja カッター (single-masted sailing ship type) · uk ка́тер (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · fi kutteri (single-masted sailing ship type) · be рэ́зчык (person that cuts) · es cortador (device that cuts) · mk ре́зач (person that cuts) · nl afsnijder (device that cuts) · mk ре́зец (device that cuts) · hit 𒆪𒊒𒊻𒍣𒅖 (device that cuts) · nl kotter (single-masted sailing ship type) · mk ка́тер (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · ru ре́зчик (person that cuts) · uk різьба́рка (person that cuts) · tr kotra (single-masted sailing ship type) · ko 커터 (device that cuts) · uk різьба́р (person that cuts) · fo kútter (single-masted sailing ship type) · ga cuitéar (single-masted sailing ship type) · ru резе́ц (device that cuts) · it veliero (single-masted sailing ship type) · ckb ببڕ (device that cuts) · ru ре́зчица (person that cuts) · mk ре́зачка (person that cuts) · de Schneider (person that cuts) · et lõikur (device that cuts) · de Abschneider (device that cuts) · bg реза́ч (person that cuts) · ko 커터 (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · de Kutter (single-masted sailing ship type) · af snyer (person that cuts) · mk ре́зачка (device that cuts) · el κότερο (single-masted sailing ship type) · be ка́тэр (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · gu કાપણી (device that cuts) · ro tăietor (person that cuts) · sv skeppsbåt (ship's boat) · pt cortador (person that cuts) · ga soitheach an rí (single-masted sailing ship type) · mk ку́тер (single-masted sailing ship type) · bg реза́чка (device that cuts) · be разьбя́р (person that cuts) · fr coupeur (person that cuts) · es trineo (sleigh) · mk ре́зач (device that cuts) · ru ка́тер (ship's boat) · eo tranĉilo (device that cuts) · eo hakisto (person that cuts) · da chalup (ship's boat) · uz kater (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · pt cúter (single-masted sailing ship type) · ja カッター (device that cuts) · et kutter (single-masted sailing ship type) · uk різьбя́рка (person that cuts) · cs kutr (single-masted sailing ship type) · ko 커터 (single-masted sailing ship type) · ru реза́к (device that cuts) · ro cuțit (device that cuts) · hy կատեր (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · bg ко́рабна ло́дка (ship's boat) · uk різьбя́р (person that cuts) · bg ка́тер (ship's boat) · hu szán (sleigh) · mk нож (device that cuts) · et kaater (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · fi leikkuri (device that cuts) · fi viiltelijä (slang: person who cuts him or herself) · es cortador (person that cuts) · lt kateris (single-masted sailing ship type) · be разе́ц (device that cuts) · ru ку́ттер (single-masted sailing ship type) · uk різе́ць (device that cuts) · fi leikkaaja (person that cuts) · eo tranĉulo (person that cuts) · be ка́тар (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · bg резе́ц (device that cuts) · nn kutter (single-masted sailing ship type) · ga gearrthóir (person that cuts) · be разьбя́рка (person that cuts) · fi kutteri (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · id pemotong (device that cuts) · de Schneiderin (person that cuts) · bg ка́тер (heavy-duty motor boat for official use) · fr coupeuse (person that cuts) · nrf cotteur (single-masted sailing ship type) · fi yhden hevosen reki (sleigh) · is kútter (single-masted sailing ship type) · ru ка́тер (heavy-duty motor boat for official use)

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