# cutthroat

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/ · frequency rank #35,242

## Definitions
1. A murderer who slits the throats of 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.
4. Ellipsis of cutthroat compound (“an agentive-instrumental verb-noun compound word”).

## Etymology
From cut + throat.

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccutthroat`, `ctuthroat`, `cuthroat`, `cuthtroat`, `cutthhroat`, `cutthorat`, `cutthraot`, `cutthroatt`, `cutthrota`, `cutthrroat`, `cuttrhoat`, `uctthroat`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cutthroat