cutty

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

cut + -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌti/
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Adjective

cutty (comparative more cutty, superlative most cutty)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
  2. (of audio or video) Having many cuts.
  3. Sharp, cutting easily.

Derived terms

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

  1. (Scotland) A short spoon.
  2. (Scotland) A short tobacco pipe; a cutty-pipe.
    • 1750, Allan Ramsay, A Collection of Scots Proverbs, page 51:
      I'm no sae scant of clean pipes as to blaw wi' a brunt cutty.
  3. (Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
  4. (Scotland, archaic) A girl with a short, dumpy figure.

See also

References

  • John Jamieson (1825) Supplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language

Scots

Etymology

From cut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌtɪ/, /ˈkʌti/

Adjective

cutty (comparative mair cutty, superlative maist cutty)

  1. short, stumpy

Noun

cutty (plural cutties)

  1. (archaic) child
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