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
a fabric cutter
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Sugano also throws a cutter, slider, splitter, sinker and curve.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The pair of figures came into and out of focus; in some passages the surface had hyper-similitude, in others a rougher, grooved surface, betraying the involvement of a CNC cutter.
—Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Montas tried to throw his cutter more last season and had a .337 xBA against it.
—Michael Waterloo, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
Hines' father worked as a boxcar cutter for the Milwaukee Road, the city's eponymous railroad.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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Chuck Murr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The pair of figures came into and out of focus; in some passages the surface had hyper-similitude, in others a rougher, grooved surface, betraying the involvement of a CNC cutter.
—Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Montas tried to throw his cutter more last season and had a .337 xBA against it.
—Michael Waterloo, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
Hines' father worked as a boxcar cutter for the Milwaukee Road, the city's eponymous railroad.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutter. Accessed 21 Dec. 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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