Cutty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkʌti/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cutty is an adjective meaning (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
Meaning
(Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
More Meanings
- (of audio or video) Having many cuts.
- Sharp, cutting easily.
- (Scotland) A short spoon.
- (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe; a cutty-pipe.
- (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
- (Scotland, archaic) A girl with a short, dumpy figure.
- (Northern Ireland, Ulster) A girl or young woman.
Example Sentences
A man who reared ten cubs and three cutties.
"Why, it's a cutty — an Irish cutty!" shouted Cripps.
I'm no sae scant of clean pipes as to blaw wi' a brunt cutty.
“And me coming a this way out o' my gate to pleasure you, ye ungrateful cutty,”
Word Forms
- cuttie
- cutties
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scotch, whisky, whiskey, cuttie, curtate, curtal.
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