Associations to the word «Cutthroat»

Wiktionary

CUTTHROAT, noun. A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
CUTTHROAT, noun. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
CUTTHROAT, noun. A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
CUTTHROAT, adjective. Involving the cutting of throats
CUTTHROAT, adjective. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
CUTTHROAT, adjective. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog
CUTTHROAT EEL, noun. Any of the family Synaphobranchidae of eels.

Dictionary definition

CUTTHROAT, noun. Someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat.
CUTTHROAT, adjective. Ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats