FromMiddle Englishcutter,cuttere,kutter. Bysurface analysis,cut +‎-er.

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈkʌtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈkʌtə/

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• Rhymes:-ʌtə(ɹ)

cutter (pluralcutters)

1. Aperson ordevice that cuts (in various senses).

   a stonecutter; a diecutter

   In some CNC programs, the diameter of thecutter (such as an end mill) is handled by cutter compensation codes.

   • 1982,The Movies, page288:

     The intervening years, however, were spent as acutter. He was, indeed, one of the best film editors in the business, winning an Academy Award forBody and Soul (1947).

   • 1988, Jorge Amado,Home is the Sailor, page55:

     Chico Pacheco kept repeating the phrase between clenched teeth, lamenting the wasted days of his youth; he had been a notoriouscutter of classes.

2. (nautical) Asingle-masted,fore-and-aftrigged,sailingvessel with at least twoheadsails, and a mast set furtheraft than that of asloop.
3. Aforetooth; anincisor.
   • 1691,John Ray,The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London:[…] Samuel Smith, […],→OCLC:

     theCutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root

4. A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.

   acoastguardcutter.

5. (nautical) Aship'sboat, used fortransport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
6. (cricket) Aball that moves sideways in theair, or off thepitch, because it has beencut.
7. (baseball) Acut fastball.
8. (slang) A ten-pence piece. So named because it is thecoin most often sharpened byprisoninmates to use as aweapon.
9. (informal) A person who practicesself-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
   • 2013, Leona Davis,Past, Future, and End, FriesenPress, page33:

     After I got out of the mental institution I was looking at t.v. show I was looking it a teenage girl who was acutter her arm look just like my arm.

10. (medicine,colloquial,slang,humorous orderogatory) Asurgeon.

    Synonym:slasher

11. Ananimal yieldinginferiormeat, with little or no external fat and marbling.

    Coordinate terms:canner,darkcutter

    • 1905, United States. Bureau of Corporations,Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry, page89:

      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 ascutters and canners[…]

12. (obsolete) Anofficer in theexchequer whonotes by cutting on thetallies thesums paid.
13. (obsolete) Aruffian; abravo; adestroyer.
    • Martin Parker,A True Tale of Robin Hood

      So being outlaw'd (as 'tis told), / He with a crew went forth / Of lustycutters, bold and strong, / And robbed in the north.

    • 1633,A Match at Midnight (disputed authorship)

      He's out of cash, and thou know'st bycutter's law, / We are bound to relieve one another.

14. (obsolete) A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used forfacework.
15. A lightsleigh drawn by one horse.
    • 2007, Carrie A. Meyer,Days on the Family Farm, U of Minnesota Press,page55:

      Throughout much of the winter, the sled or thecutter was the vehicle of choice. Emily and Joseph had acutter, for traveling in style in snow.

16. (television) Aflag or similar instrument for blocking light.
    • 2012, John Jackman,Lighting for Digital Video and Television, page86:

      Flags and othercutters allow the DP or gaffer to throw large controlled shadows on parts of the scene.

17. (MLE) Aknife.
18. (Maine) An active child.

    Synonyms:splash,splasher,jooker,nank,shank,bassy,rambo,pokey,chete,ying

    • 2017 July 25, Farley, “Out Here”‎^[1],0:42–0:47:

      Late night, take a flow, tryna find the rats
      Twelve inchcutter in and out, then Imma ride them back

    • 2021 August 16, (Mali Strip) Killa Kurse x AR x Rondo, “Buck aii LGR diss”‎^[2],1:23–1:28:

      Hop out the ride with things and stuff
      Back the longestcutter, watch him cut him, [grate their neek trips?] up

    • 2021 November 29, KMulla, “Mutual Feeling”‎^[3],1:24–1:27:

      […] swing mycutter
      Get man down if he is on my brother

19. (intactivism,derogatory) A supporter of infantcircumcision orfemale genital mutilation;pro-circumcisionist.

1. (wrestling) A three-quartersfacelockbulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.

• → Catalan:cúter
• → Korean:커터(keoteo)

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cutter m (pluralcutters)

1. utility knife,box cutter,Stanley knife(tool used to cut)

   Synonyms:couteau à lame rétractable,(Canada)exacto

2. (nautical)cutter(vessel)

• “cutter”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcutter.

cutter m

1. utility knife,box cutter,Stanley knife(tool used to cut)

   Synonyms:taglierino,trincetto

2. (nautical)cutter(vessel)

cutter n (pluralcuttere)

1. Alternative form ofcuter