cutter

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌtə(r)

[edit] Noun

cutter (plural cutters)

1. A person or device that cuts
2. (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
3. A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.

   a coastguard cutter.

4. (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
5. (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
6. (baseball) A cut fastball.
7. (slang) A ten pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
8. (slang) A person who practices self-injury.
9. A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
   • 2007, Carrie A. Meyer, Days on the Family Farm, U of Minnesota Press, page 55 [1]:

     Throughout much of the winter, the sled or the cutter was the vehicle of choice. Emily and Joseph had a cutter, for traveling in style in snow.

[edit] Derived terms

• wire cutters

[edit] Translations