cut-throat
1Cut-throat — Cut throat, cutthroat or cut throat may refer to: A murderer Cut throat competition, a competition results in reducing prices A highly competitive person or organization Any three player game in which each player plays for him or herself; a 1 on… …
2cut-throat — ˈcut throat adjective [only before a noun] COMMERCE involving businesses competing very strongly with each other, for example by offering lower prices which may force some businesses to fail: • Cut throat competition is keeping ticket prices low …
3cut-throat — cut|throat [ˈkʌtθrəut US θrout] adj [usually before noun] a cut throat activity or business involves people competing with each other in an unpleasant way ▪ Cut throat competition is keeping prices low. ▪ the cut throat world of advertising …
4cut-throat — ► NOUN dated ▪ a murderer or other violent criminal. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ ruthless and intense …
5cut|throat — «KUHT THROHT», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person who kills; murderer. SYNONYM(S): assassin. 2. cutthroat bridge. 3. = cutthroat trout. (Cf. ↑cutthroat trout) 4. Especially British. an open razor: »I started shaving with a c …
6cut-throat — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a situation as cut throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it. ...the cut throat competition in personal… …
7cut-throat — This word occurs mainly in the phrase ‘cut throat competition’ in modern times, where ruthlessness is implied, though not to the point where competitors are literally murdered. The cut throat of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was… …
8cut-throat — noun 1》 dated a murderer or other violent criminal. 2》 (also cut throat trout) a trout of western North America, with red or orange markings under the jaw. [Salmo clarki.] adjective 1》 ruthless and intense: cut throat competition. 2》 (of some… …
9cut-throat — {adj.} Severe; intense; unrelenting. * /There is cut throat competition among the various software companies today./ …
10cut-throat — {adj.} Severe; intense; unrelenting. * /There is cut throat competition among the various software companies today./ …
