"cutthroat" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cutthroat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more cutthroat [comparative], most cutthroat [superlative]
Etymology: cut + throat Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cut|throat}} cut + throat Head templates: {{en-adj}} cutthroat (comparative more cutthroat, superlative most cutthroat)
  1. Involving the cutting of throats.
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-adj-6ev41-D5 Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 16 25 16 15 6 22
  2. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner. Categories (topical): Death, Murder
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-adj-6nA9J372 Disambiguation of Death: 6 36 27 5 9 18 Disambiguation of Murder: 12 39 19 9 10 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 31 23 14 13 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 33 24 13 11 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 45 20 10 9 6 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 16 25 16 15 6 22
  3. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog. Translations (very competitive, dog-eat-dog): mörderisch (German), halsabschneiderisch (German), rücksichtslos (German), hemmungslos (German), gyilkos (Hungarian), öldöklő (Hungarian), késhegyre menő (Hungarian), canallesco (Spanish), mördande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-adj-UshbMv42 Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 16 25 16 15 6 22 Disambiguation of 'very competitive, dog-eat-dog': 5 16 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cut-throat, cut throat Related terms: cutthroat eel

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cutthroat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cutthroats [plural]
Etymology: cut + throat Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cut|throat}} cut + throat Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cutthroat (countable and uncountable, plural cutthroats)
  1. A murderer who slits the throats of victims. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (murderer): başkəsən (Azerbaijani), галаварэ́з (halavaréz) [masculine] (Belarusian), главоре́з (glavoréz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hrdlořez [masculine] (Czech), coupe-jarret [masculine] (French), ყასაბი (q̇asabi) (Georgian), Halsabschneider [masculine] (German), tagliagole [masculine] (Italian), баскесер (baskeser) (Kazakh), rīkļurāvējs [masculine] (Latvian), nożownik [masculine] (Polish), rzezimieszek [masculine] (Polish), degolador [masculine] (Portuguese), головоре́з (golovoréz) [masculine] (Russian), hrdlorez [masculine] (Slovak), degollador [masculine] (Spanish), mördare [common-gender] (Swedish), головорі́з (holovoríz) [masculine] (Ukrainian), горлорі́з (horloríz) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-noun-A6gFkItG Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 16 25 16 15 6 22 Disambiguation of 'murderer': 100 0 0
  2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person): главоре́з (glavoréz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Halsabschneider [masculine] (German), bandyta [masculine] (Polish), zbir [masculine] (Polish), rzezimieszek [masculine] (Polish), головоре́з (golovoréz) [masculine] (Russian), canalla (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-noun-R3-GUAXj Disambiguation of 'unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person': 3 97 0
  3. (uncountable) A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-noun-9O2Nrm7O Disambiguation of People: 0 21 25 17 0 36 Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 16 25 16 15 6 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cut-throat, cut throat Derived forms: cutthroat trout

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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "ყასაბი"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "murderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "sense": "murderer",
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      "sense": "murderer",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "murderer",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "murderer",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "murderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "murderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "sk",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hrdlorez"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "murderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "degollador"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "murderer",
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      ],
      "word": "mördare"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holovoríz",
      "sense": "murderer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "murderer",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "es",
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}

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          "text": "Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you."
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "mörderisch"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "halsabschneiderisch"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "rücksichtslos"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "hemmungslos"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "gyilkos"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "öldöklő"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "késhegyre menő"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "canallesco"
    },
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      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
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