cutthroat
ruthless: cutthroat competition.
pertaining to a game, as of cards, in which each of three or more persons acts and scores as an individual.
Origin of cutthroat
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How to use cutthroat in a sentence
They're not about amassing medals, so much as engendering goodwill; less cut-throat competition, more track and fealty.
Kiss the…Queen’s Baton? The British Empire Is Alive and Well | Debra A. Klein | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFashion is vicious and cut throat—and if you really love it (and want to succeed) it can be downright maddening.
She holds a PhD in English and worked her way through the cut-throat art world.
"Tell the Rajah and his Chinese cut-throat that we'll have the pleasure of hanging them," was Carver's reply.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamHe, from his condemned cell, demanded justice for wronged innocence in the accents of a detected cut-throat.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William Stebbing
This doubtless tended to eliminate cut-throat competition and thus stabilize the industry.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanFor labor the combination of cut-throat competition among employers with the new machine technique brought serious consequences.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanTo take up your abode in a little cut-throat hole like this and not to take the commonest precaution!
A Sheaf of Corn | Mary E. Mann
British Dictionary definitions for cut-throat
a person who cuts throats; murderer
Also called: cut-throat razor British a razor with a long blade that usually folds into the handle: US name: straight razor
bloodthirsty or murderous; cruel
fierce or relentless in competition: cut-throat prices
(of some games) played by three people: cut-throat poker
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