cord cutter

[ kawrd-kuht-er ]

/ ˈkɔrd ˌkʌt ər /

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noun Informal.

a person who has switched from cable, satellite, or landline to a wireless or internet connection to access television or phone service: Cord cutters are using more mobile apps to view college football than ever before.

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Origin of cord cutter

First recorded in 2010–15

OTHER WORDS FROM cord cutter

cord cut·ting, noun

Words nearby cord cutter

cordate, cordate pelvis, Corday, Corday d'Armont, cord blood, cord cutter, cordectomy, corded, Cordele, Cordelia, Cordelier

How to use cord cutter in a sentence

Meanwhile, broadcast networks are increasingly making their programming available to cord cutters through their streaming services, which can negate people’s need to access local TV stations.
Future of TV Briefing: How Hollywood is overcoming its resistance to embracing creators|Tim Peterson|April 28, 2021|Digiday
However, while the networks have the rights to stream games to cord cutters, only NBCUniversal has been explicit about actually doing so.
What the NFL’s latest rights deals signal for the future of TV and streaming|Tim Peterson|March 23, 2021|Digiday
As viewers reach the end of stay-at-home orders, the pool of cord cutters will increase.
How media brands can prepare for a post-COVID-19 content collapse|Trevor Grigoruk|March 15, 2021|Digiday
According to Schwartz, there’s the added measure of fragmentation occurring with cord cutters and cord extenders.
Preserving a ‘belly-to-belly’ business culture with targeting: Why Re/Max is leaning into addressable TV|Kimeko McCoy|March 1, 2021|Digiday

In their attempts to attract cord cutters, the companies are effectively baiting their linear subscribers to cut the cord and risking that they won’t.
‘Burn the boats’: TV networks playing with fire in streaming pivots|Tim Peterson|December 9, 2020|Digiday
The popular snack has also struck a cord with Paleo dieters, according to Lewis.
Is Cricket Flour the New Protein Powder?|DailyBurn|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They hold signs depicting a fetus with a hanging umbilical cord.
Abortion in Missouri Is the Wait of a Lifetime|Justin Glawe|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, made a bad batch of vaccine, and 40,000 children were sickened with polio.
How Presidents Handle Pandemics|Eleanor Clift|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He carried an extension cord in case he needed to recharge at one of his emergency spots.
How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won|Michael Daly|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She tried, says Schreiber, “to cut the umbilical cord to her parents mainly by way of entrance into high culture.”
Still Desperately Seeking Susan Sontag|Allen Barra|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Strange to say, the silken cord yielded to the first pull, as if nothing had been wrong with it at all!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
"You spoke of disgrace," she observed gently, swaying her fan before her by its silken cord.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
He turned his cool regard upon Chief Inspector Kerry, twirling the cord of his monocle about one finger.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
At length, it was proposed by Dan Tyron to send for the stone cutter, and get him to cut them out of the wall with a chisel.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Stop and try a ride, Billy, urged Lance Darby, holding the cord of the tugging kite.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison