Word Finder - cutthroat

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A murderer who slits the throats of victims.

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An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.

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A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.

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Involving the cutting of throats

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Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.

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He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.

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Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog

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Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.

Movies and TV shows make fun of vapid models, but the truth is that it's a demanding, cutthroat business, and you have to be strong and have a really good sense of humor.

Just play the simple rules where the one with the most money wins, instead of the cutthroat version where a player must knock the others out by making them lose their money.

Corporate three-piece suit types like skull tats because they express the cutthroat attitude often applied to get ahead in business, even if they do need to hide their body art during work hours.

Several rivers surround the resort, including the Savage, North Branch of the Potomac, Youghiogheny and Casselman Rivers, all teeming with rainbows, browns, brookies and cutthroat trout.

Hatch was quite memorable in his appearance on Survivor, as he played the game with a cutthroat strategy and wasn't afraid to lie and back stab his opponents.

Although there are some players who appear season after season of this show, there are some players who only appear once and then decide the cutthroat nature of the game isn't for them.

Why wouldn't they - especially in the cutthroat world of the web, it can be very useful to test your site idea with a free location before investing in a fully designed website.

Merciless, cutthroat, aggressive, he purged the oldest demons from the demon ranks.

The video game industry is incredibly cutthroat.

In the cutthroat world of web design, an award can mean life or death to your firm.

By now a legend in television history, Weaver became increasingly critical of the increasingly cutthroat and commercial nature of US broadcasting.

Rent movies like Pirates of the Caribbean starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack or Cutthroat Island starring Geena Davis.

The costume is more cute than cutthroat and comes with an adorable headband that features vampire eyes.

Tory Foster - The President's Aide was cutthroat and reveled in being a Cylon as an excuse for her bad behavior.

Jane and Grayson became friends over time, but Grayson's potential for romance with Jane's rival cutthroat attorney Kim Kaswell poses a challenge.

Unfortunately, as the web became more cutthroat, people began to use unscrupulous strategies to bump each other out of the top spot - putting in all kinds of keywords that weren't necessarily accurate but that would draw eyeballs.

The choice of Soderini and Machiavelli fell, at this juncture, upon an extremely ineligible person, none other than Don Micheletto, Cesare Borgia's cutthroat and assassin.