Meaning

20 senses
  1. 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.

    Schneider, Schneiderin, Abschneider

    ре́зчикrézčik, ре́зчицаrézčica, резе́цrezéc

    різьбя́рrizʹbjár, різьбя́ркаrizʹbjárka, різьба́рrizʹbár

  2. 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.

    Kutter

    ку́ттерkúttɛr

    a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop

  3. A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose

    a coastguard cutter.

  4. A foretooth; an incisor.

  5. A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.

    Beiboot

    ка́терkáter, корабе́льная ло́дкаkorabélʹnaja lódka

    a boat for communication between ship and shore

  6. A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.

  7. A cut fastball.

  8. (slang)A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.

  9. (informal)A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.

    someone who cuts or carves stone

  10. (colloquial, derogatory, humorous, slang)A surgeon.

  11. An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.

  12. A light sleigh drawn by one horse.

Examples

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  1. I need a pair of wire cutters.

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  2. Do you have a pair of wire cutters I could borrow?

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  3. Do you have a pair of wire cutters that I could borrow?

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  4. Yanni works as a meat cutter.

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  5. Sami got a pair of wire cutters.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
heavy-duty motor boat for official use:
person that cuts:
device that cuts:
Русский
By meaning 5
heavy-duty motor boat for official use:
person that cuts:
device that cuts:
single-masted sailing ship type:
ship's boat:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
person that cuts:
single-masted sailing ship type:
ship's boat:

Origin

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

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

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