Cutthroat is an English word with synonyms like fierce or merciless. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cutthroat meaning
- A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
- An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
- A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
Synonyms of Cutthroat
Using Cutthroat
- The main meaning on this page is: A murderer who slits the throats of victims. | An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. | A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
- Useful related words include: fierce, bowelless, merciless, unmerciful.
- In the example corpus, cutthroat often appears in combinations such as: the cutthroat, cutthroat trout, and cutthroat.
Context around Cutthroat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cutthroat
- In this selection, "cutthroat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spotted, river, pinochle, trout, world and pinochle stand out and add context to how "cutthroat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a double cutthroat suplex to and about the cutthroat world of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cutthroat" sits close to words such as ache, ald and allister, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cutthroat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cutthroat pinochle Similar to three-handed pinochle, cutthroat is a simple modification. (12 words)
Let's discuss how the company can differentiate in this cutthroat industry. (12 words)
In television categories, cutthroat family drama “Succession” led all series with nine nominations. (13 words)
The Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout (or Snake River cutthroat trout) is the only native trout species in Grand Teton National Park. citation It is also the only subspecies of cutthroat trout that is exclusively native to large streams and rivers. (42 words)
The story also focuses on the challenges faced by the show's co-host, Alex Levy (), as she tries to navigate the crisis and maintain her position in the cutthroat world of morning television. (34 words)
Set in the universe, the game casts players as exiled warriors who are discarded in a cutthroat realm that has no patience for the weak or ill-prepared. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout (or Snake River cutthroat trout) is the only native trout species in Grand Teton National Park. citation It is also the only subspecies of cutthroat trout that is exclusively native to large streams and rivers.
Cutthroat pinochle Similar to three-handed pinochle, cutthroat is a simple modification.
Brown was a punishing, once-in-a-lifetime running back who saw more in his journey than football and the cutthroat business it was becoming.
But, during those cutthroat slice-price wars two decades ago, “hot” cheese seemed to be one way some operators cut costs on their most expensive ingredient.
Fishing for brook trout and cutthroat trout at Cabresto Lake was good using ice jigs tipped with wax worms or mealworms.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Dr. Death: Cutthroat Conman via streaming services such as Peacock.
In television categories, cutthroat family drama “Succession” led all series with nine nominations.
It’s easy to get sad or depressed about it, but he came to a realization that this place is cutthroat and full of studs and studettes.
Later, on the cutthroat revenge fantasy “Vigilante,” she performed a Fosse-inspired chair routine.
Let's discuss how the company can differentiate in this cutthroat industry.
Set in the universe, the game casts players as exiled warriors who are discarded in a cutthroat realm that has no patience for the weak or ill-prepared.
Some more slow work to keep Rollins on the back foot then a double cutthroat suplex to drop Rollins before Jey heads down.
The boys were with one another at the beginning of careers in a business that is uncertain at best and cutthroat at worst.
The story also focuses on the challenges faced by the show's co-host, Alex Levy (), as she tries to navigate the crisis and maintain her position in the cutthroat world of morning television.
This is fitting because is a darkly hilarious series about the cutthroat world of professional stand-up comedy and show business.
Though most anime idols are charming and lovable, they can be just as cutthroat as any other in the entertainment business.
When combat has been restrained to economic sector, and competition is cutthroat in every field between multiple providers.
Alibaba reduces stake in GoGoX amid Hong Kong logistics services firm's mounting losses, as it faces cutthroat competition on the mainlandfinance.
Comprised of a wide cast of comedic actors and real stand-up comedians, tells the stories of performers, executives, and other workers in the cutthroat entertainment industry.
Ghetsis of Team Plasma tops the evil scale with manipulations and cutthroat methods, backed by powerful Pokemon in battles against players.
Common combinations with cutthroat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cutthroat 19×
- cutthroat trout 10×
- and cutthroat 6×
- cutthroat competition 5×
- of cutthroat 4×
- in cutthroat 4×
- more cutthroat 4×
- cutthroat business 3×
- cutthroat world 3×
- fine-spotted cutthroat 2×