plural cutters
1
: one that cuts:
a
: one whose work is cutting or involves cutting
wood/glass cutters
b(1)
: an instrument, machine, machine part, or tool that cuts
(2)
: a device for vibrating a cutting stylus in disc recording
also
: the stylus or its point
2
a
: a ship's boat for carrying stores or passengers
b
: a single-masted fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel
c
: a small armed vessel in government service
3
baseball
: cut fastball
His previous three home runs had come on a fastball, a cutter and a slider.—
Billy Witz
Billy Witz4
: a light sleigh
5
: a person who cuts himself or herself purposely (see cut entry 1 sense 1f) : a person who engages in cutting
The cast includes Jill, a middle-class runaway in love with the romance of risk; Maura, a "cutter" who engages in self-mutilation to thwart her over-controlling father …—Cecelia Goodnow
Cecelia Goodnow
Examples of cutter in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The aircraft crew dropped survival packages to the men until further assistance could arrive, and the Coast Guard cutter was deployed to conduct the rescue operation.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
Inside the car, the police found bolt cutters, a sledgehammer, headlamps, ski masks, gloves and several phones.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Such stores often have open quilting days, when people bring their sewing machines, rotary cutters, and irons and sit together sewing and gossiping, like women have done from time immemorial.
—Ayelet Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
Someone forced entry into a black 2013 Audi and stole a seat belt cutter.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
Lugo threw his new cutter three times against the Cubs.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Rain pierced the fog in the quiet Baltimore Harbor as Maryland Gov. Wes Moore stood on the bow of a Coast Guard cutter, flanked by other grim-faced politicians approaching the twisted remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
—Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Cut with a floured 2-inch round cutter, rerolling scraps once.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2024
Roe’s sentencing document included words of support from his wife, a longtime neighbor and his supervisor at a Leawood grocery store, where he is employed full time as a meat cutter.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2024
Stephen Smith, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
Inside the car, the police found bolt cutters, a sledgehammer, headlamps, ski masks, gloves and several phones.
—Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Such stores often have open quilting days, when people bring their sewing machines, rotary cutters, and irons and sit together sewing and gossiping, like women have done from time immemorial.
—Ayelet Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
Someone forced entry into a black 2013 Audi and stole a seat belt cutter.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
Lugo threw his new cutter three times against the Cubs.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Rain pierced the fog in the quiet Baltimore Harbor as Maryland Gov. Wes Moore stood on the bow of a Coast Guard cutter, flanked by other grim-faced politicians approaching the twisted remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
—Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Cut with a floured 2-inch round cutter, rerolling scraps once.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2024
Roe’s sentencing document included words of support from his wife, a longtime neighbor and his supervisor at a Leawood grocery store, where he is employed full time as a meat cutter.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutter. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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cutter
noun
cut·ter
ˈkət-ər 
1
: one that cuts
a diamond cutter
a cookie cutter
2
a
: a ship's boat for carrying supplies or passengers
b
: a small sailing boat with one mast
c
: a small armed boat in government service
3
: a small sleigh
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