cutter

  1. Noun.  A person or device that cuts.
  2. Noun.  (nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
  3. Noun.  A heavy-duty motor boat for official use.
  4. Noun.  (nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
  5. Noun.  (cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
  6. Noun.  (baseball) A cut fastball.
  7. Noun.  (slang) A ten pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
  8. Noun.  (slang) A person who practices self-injury.
  9. Noun.  A light sleigh drawn by one horse.

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