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cutie

[ kyoo-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
Hi, cutie.
Slang.
1. a person who tries to outsmart an opponent, as an athlete who outmaneuvers an opposing player:
  The tackle was a real cutie when blocking on trap plays.
2. a clever or cunning maneuver:
  He pulled a cutie.

cutie

/ ˈkjuːtɪ /

Origin of cutie¹

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70; cute + -ie

Cutie and Bullie get happy endings, but Noriko and Ushio still live in reality.

“It took 35 years for me to find Cutie on my own,” Noriko says.

On her website, she declares her love for her four dogs, Timmy, Tommy, Katie, and Cutie.

But this time she sang her original song, “Cutie Patootie,” in which she brags about her various TV appearances.

Example: "There's one huge grenade launcher, there's one grenade, and then there's one cutie."

I want to prove I can do something besides being a vulgar little 'Kitty the Cutie.'

Well, then, cutie pie,Uncle Michael is a secret service man.

As he lifted the cover and looked in the basket, "Cutie's" pupils enlarged and she shrank from him.

He dropped the paper he was reading when she wandered in, and won her at once by not calling her "Cutie."

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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