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 their own skin 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 GoodnowExamples of cutter in a Sentence
a fabric cutter
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Uniquely armed with three variants of upper-90s fastballs, Schlitter relied heavily on his four-seamer early on before shifting to his sinker and cutter.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Smith swung and missed at two cutters from Red Sox starter Brayan Bello to begin the plate appearance.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
This suggests the original cartographic information was interpreted by a woodblock cutter in Nuremberg, where the map was printed.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
Sasaki also reined in his misses, used both sides of the plate, and effectively deployed his new cutter as a put-away pitch early.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Smith swung and missed at two cutters from Red Sox starter Brayan Bello to begin the plate appearance.
—CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
This suggests the original cartographic information was interpreted by a woodblock cutter in Nuremberg, where the map was printed.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
Sasaki also reined in his misses, used both sides of the plate, and effectively deployed his new cutter as a put-away pitch early.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutter. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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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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