Definizione monolingua

cutthroat

cutthroat (plural cutthroats)

1. A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.

cutthroat (comparative more cutthroat, superlative most cutthroat)

1. Involving the cutting of throats
2. Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.

   He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.

3. Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog

   Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.

Definizione dizionario cutthroat

accoltellatore

assassino

bandito

sicario

Altri significati:

unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person

murderer

A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.

Involving the cutting of throats

Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.

Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog

An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.