cutter

American  

[kuht-er] / ˈkʌt ər /

noun

• cutters
  plural

1. a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.

2. a machine, tool, or other device for cutting.

3. Nautical.

   1. a single-masted sailing vessel, very similar to a sloop but having its mast set somewhat farther astern, about two-fifths of the way aft measured on the water line.

   2. a ship's boat having double-banked oars and one or two lugsails.

4. Also called revenue cutter. a lightly armed government vessel used to prevent smuggling and enforce the customs regulations.

5. a person who repeatedly inflicts self-injury by cutting the skin, as to cope with negative emotions.

6. a person employed as a film editor.

7. a small, light sleigh, usually single-seated and pulled by one horse.

8. Also called rubber. a brick suitable for cutting and rubbing.

9. (in U.S. government grading of beef )

   1. a low-quality grade of beef between utility and canner.

   2. beef of this grade, mostly used in processed beef products, as sausage.

10. Baseball. cut fastball.

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adjective

1. (in U.S. government grading of beef ) graded between utility and canner.

cutter British  

/ ˈkʌtə /

noun

1. a person or thing that cuts, esp a person who cuts cloth for clothing

2. a sailing boat with its mast stepped further aft so as to have a larger foretriangle than that of a sloop

3. a ship's boat, powered by oars or sail, for carrying passengers or light cargo

4. a small lightly armed boat, as used in the enforcement of customs regulations

5. a pig weighing between 68 and 82 kg, from which fillets and larger joints are cut

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cutters
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of cutter

First recorded in 1375–1425; Middle English kittere, cuttere; see cut, -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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Ohtani got his bat head down to a cutter from former Dodgers pitcher Dustin May on the inside corner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Every year, a person of special importance serves as the ceremonial guitar string cutter to open the festivities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

A quarter of the time, Schlittler unleashes his cutter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Junior Caminero doubled in the first inning, and Ryan Vilade followed with a home run on a cutter, silencing a sold-out Dodger Stadium before the game could even heat up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Martinez lifted the glass cutter given to him by Liddy and pressed the edge to the window.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Idiosyncratic stories can be told about any individual dividend cutters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Mengers, who has stores in Cobham and south-west London, said she boosted security after a raid in January 2025 involving men with wire cutters.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The dozen cutters are part of a 10-year plan that began in 2018 to add 141 new ships to Taiwan’s coast guard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Another grower near Mid-Illovo, a region of rolling hills south of Durban, said most cane cutters in his area came from Lesotho, the tiny kingdom encircled by South Africa.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

The ground is littered with tools—wrenches, wire cutters in various sizes, hammers, and a few others that I don’t recognize.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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