CUTTHROAT

Cutthroat

Cutthroat is a comic book character, a supervillain in Marvel Comics' main shared universe. The character first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #89. He is the brother of Diamondback.

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cutthroat

Noun

  1. A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
  2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
  3. A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.

Adjective

  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.


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