"cutthroat" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cutthroat.wav Forms: more cutthroat [comparative], most cutthroat [superlative], cut-throat [alternative], cut throat [alternative]
Etymology: From cut + throat. Etymology templates: {{af|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): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 17 30 4 0 2 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 16 25 4 2 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 18 26 5 0 7 32
  2. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-adj-6nA9J372 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 17 30 4 0 2 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 12 23 7 18 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 16 25 4 2 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 18 26 5 0 7 32
  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): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 17 30 4 0 2 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 12 23 7 18 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 16 25 4 2 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 18 26 5 0 7 32 Disambiguation of 'very competitive, dog-eat-dog': 6 11 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cutthroat eel
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cutthroat.wav Forms: cutthroats [plural], cut-throat [alternative], cut throat [alternative]
Etymology: From cut + throat. Etymology templates: {{af|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): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'murderer': 100 0 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 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 12 23 7 18 7 25 Disambiguation of 'unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person': 2 98 0 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
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-noun-9O2Nrm7O Categories (other): Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 16 25 4 2 13 29
  4. (linguistics) Short for cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: cutthroat compound (extra: an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word)
    Sense id: en-cutthroat-en-noun-QOCSmAqf Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Murder Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 18 19 2 2 4 42 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 8 11 8 8 2 12 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 17 30 4 0 2 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 19 17 2 0 2 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 20 17 2 0 1 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 9 14 16 7 19 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 12 17 21 5 3 10 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 17 21 5 3 10 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 14 16 7 19 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 19 24 6 0 6 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 9 14 16 8 20 8 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 16 25 5 3 9 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 12 23 7 18 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 16 25 4 2 13 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 9 14 16 7 19 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 9 14 16 8 20 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 18 23 6 2 9 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 14 17 7 17 11 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 18 26 5 0 7 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 9 14 16 8 20 7 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 19 22 4 0 4 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 17 21 4 3 9 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 16 20 5 3 9 35 Disambiguation of Murder: 13 18 17 0 0 1 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cutthroat trout
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "öldöklő"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very competitive, dog-eat-dog",
      "word": "mördande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cutthroat"
}

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