How to pronounce “cutthroat”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
• An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
• (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.
• (linguistics) Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”).
• [Adjective]
• Involving the cutting of throats.
• Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
• Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.

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