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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Jayne Burns, 101 Jayne Burns, who was turning 101 in the month following her interview with CNBC Make It in 2023, still worked four days a week as a part-time fabric cutter at a crafts store.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 20 July 2024
Palestinian supporters continued their protests, and campus police arrested about 45, some of whom were found with metal pipes, bolt cutters and other tools in a university garage on May 6.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
Born in Fukushima, Japan, Watanabe graduated from Tokyo’s renowned Bunka Fashion College in 1984 and immediately joined Comme des Garçons, initially as a pattern cutter and eventually designing the Comme des Garçons Tricot knitwear line.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 15 July 2024
Chinese Navy ships were spotted inside the U.S. exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea by a cutter on a routine patrol late last week, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 11 July 2024
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Renée Onque, CNBC, 20 July 2024
Palestinian supporters continued their protests, and campus police arrested about 45, some of whom were found with metal pipes, bolt cutters and other tools in a university garage on May 6.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
Born in Fukushima, Japan, Watanabe graduated from Tokyo’s renowned Bunka Fashion College in 1984 and immediately joined Comme des Garçons, initially as a pattern cutter and eventually designing the Comme des Garçons Tricot knitwear line.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 15 July 2024
Chinese Navy ships were spotted inside the U.S. exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea by a cutter on a routine patrol late last week, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 11 July 2024
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“Cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutter. Accessed 27 Jul. 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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