4 : ELIMINATE

5 : to put an end to

Synonyms

break, break down, conk, crash, die, fail, stall—more at FAIL

cut–rate adjective 1 : relating to or dealing in goods sold at reduced rates

2 : of second or inferior quality or value

Synonyms

[1] cheap, low, reasonable—more at CHEAP

[2] bad, bum, cheap, coarse, common, execrable, inferior, junky, lousy, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, wretched—more at CHEAP

cut·ter noun 1 : a tool or a machine for cutting

2 : a ship's boat for carrying stores and passengers

3 : a small armed vessel in government service

4 : a light sleigh

1cutthroat noun : MURDERER

2cutthroat adjective 1 : MURDEROUS, CRUEL

2 : marked by unprincipled practices <~ competition>

Synonyms

immoral, Machiavellian, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

cutthroat trout noun : a large American trout with a red mark under the jaw

1cutting noun : a piece of a plant able to grow into a new plant

2cutting adjective 1 : made for cutting, severing, or dividing : SHARP, EDGED

2 : marked by piercing cold

3 : likely to hurt the feelings : SARCASTIC

Synonyms

[1] edged, edgy, ground, keen, sharp—more at SHARP

[2] biting, bitter, keen, penetrating, piercing, raw, sharp; also brisk, invigorating, nippy, snappy; prickly, tingling; caustic, corrosive

[3] acrid, biting, caustic, mordant, pungent, sarcastic, satiric, scathing, sharp, tart—more at SARCASTIC

cut·tle·fish noun : any of various marine mollusks having eight arms and two usu. longer tentacles and an internal shell (cut*tle*bone ) composed of calcium compounds

cut·up noun : a person who clowns or acts boisterously

cut up verb : to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner

Synonyms

act up, clown, fool, horse, monkey, show off, skylark; also carry on, misbehave; roughhouse; caper, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp; carouse, revel, wassail

cut·worm noun : any of various smooth-bodied moth larvae that feed on plants at night

cw abbreviation clockwise

CWO abbreviation 1 cash with order

2 chief warrant officer

cwt abbreviation hundredweight

-cy noun suffix 1 : action : practice

2 : rank : office

3 : body : class

4 : state : quality

cy·an noun : a greenish blue color

cy·a·nide noun : a poisonous compound of carbon and nitrogen with another element (as potassium)

cy·ber adjective : of, relating to, or involving computers or computer networks

cyber- combining form : computer : computer network

cy·ber·ca·fe noun : a small restaurant offering use of computers with Internet access

cy·ber·net·ics noun : the science of communication and control theory that is concerned esp. with the comparative study of automatic control systems

— cy·ber·net·ic adjective

cy·ber·punk noun 1 : science fiction dealing with computer-dominated future societies

2 : HACKER 3

cy·ber·sex noun 1 : online sex-oriented conversations

2 : sex-oriented material available on a computer

cy·ber·space noun : the on-line world of computer networks

cy·cla·men noun : any of a genus of plants related to the primroses and grown for their showy nodding flowers

1cycle noun 1 : a period of time occupied by a series of events that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order

2 : a recurring round of operations or events

3 : one complete occurrence of a periodic process (as a vibration or current alternation)

4 : a circular or spiral arrangement

5 : a long period of time : AGE

6 : BICYCLE

7 : MOTORCYCLE

— cy·clic or cy·cli·cal adjective

— cy·cli·cal·ly also cy·clic·ly adverb

Synonyms

aeon, age, eternity—more at AGE

2cycle verb cy·cled; cy·cling : to ride a cycle

— cy·clist noun

cy·clone noun 1 : a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure and advances at 20 to 30 miles (about 30 to