cut-throat

noun

1. a person who cuts throats; murderer

2. US name: straight razor. Also called: cut-throat razor. a razor with a long blade that usually folds into the handle

adjective

1. bloodthirsty or murderous; cruel

2. fierce or relentless in competition

   cut-throat prices

3. (of some games) played by three people

   cut-throat poker

Example Sentences

There's a famous motto in the cut-throat world of television that many presenters live by: "Don't quit a hit."

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At 16 tracks, the record could have done with a touch of Burns' cut-throat approach to the Traitors.

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"This is extremely unfortunate, given that the mobile operator should be focused on retaining customers in a cut-throat market," he'd told BBC News.

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Lewis Hamilton has warned McLaren's title contenders Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris about Max Verstappen's "cut-throat" character as the three head into the final five races of the season.

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If anyone knows about the cut-throat nature of football management then it is the Australian.

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