Cutter may refer to:

Tools

Bolt cutter A bolt cutter, sometimes called bolt cropper, is a tool used for cutting bolts, chains, padlocks, rebar and wire mesh. It typically has long handles and short blades, with compound hinges to maximize leverage and cutting force. A typical bolt ...

* Box cutter, aka Stanley knife, a form of

utility knife A utility knife is any type of knife used for general manual work purposes.Peterson, Harold L., ''Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World'', London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., , p. 1 Such knives were originally fixed-blade knives with d ...

Cigar cutter A cigar cutter is a machine, mechanical device designed to cutting, cut one end off a cigar so that it may be properly smoking, smoked. Although some cigars are cut on both ends, or twirled at both ends, the vast majority come with one straight cut ...

Cookie cutter A cookie cutter in North American English, also known as a biscuit cutter outside North America, is a tool to cut out cookie/biscuit dough in a particular shape. They are often used for seasonal occasions when well-known decorative shapes are ...

Glass cutter A glass cutter is a tool used to make a shallow score in one surface of a piece of glass (normally a flat one) that is to be broken in two pieces, for example to fit a window. The scoring makes a split in the surface of the glass which encourages ...

Meat cutter A meat cutter prepares primal cuts into a variety of smaller cuts intended for sale in a retail environment. The duties of a meat cutter largely overlap those of the butcher, but butchers tend to specialize in pre-sale processing (reducing carcas ...

Milling cutter Milling cutters are cutting tools typically used in milling machines or machining centres to perform milling operations (and occasionally in other machine tools). They remove material by their movement within the machine (e.g., a ball nose mill ...

Paper cutter A paper cutter, also known as a paper guillotine or simply a guillotine, is a tool often found in offices and classrooms, designed to administer straight cuts to single sheets or large stacks of paper at once. History Paper cutters were dev ...

Side cutter Diagonal pliers (also known as wire cutters, diagonal cutting pliers, diagonal cutters, side cutters, dikes or Nippy cutters) are pliers intended for the cutting of wire (they are generally not used to grab or turn anything). The plane define ...

* Cutter, a type of hydraulic rescue tool

People

* Cutter (surname)

Fictional characters

* Cutter, a character from the 1998 animated film ''

Antz ''Antz'' is a 1998 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation (in its debut film) and Pacific Data Images and released by DreamWorks Pictures. It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson (in their fe ...

'' * Cutter, a character from the comic book property '' Elfquest'' * Cutter (''G.I. Joe''), a character from the ''G.I. Joe'' toyline, comic books, and animated series *

Cutter John Cutter John is a fictional character in the 1980s comic strip ''Bloom County'' by Berke Breathed. Cutter, a Vietnam War veteran using a wheelchair due to paraplegia from a war injury, was one of the county's most well-liked citizens. Despite ...

, a character from the comic strip ''Bloom County'' *

Cutter Wentworth Cutter Wentworth is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live''. He was portrayed by Josh Kelly from December 29, 2010 to December 29, 2011. Kelly reprised the role when new daily episodes of ''OLTL'' began airing ...

, a character from the television soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * John Cutter, a character from the 1992 film ''

Passenger 57 ''Passenger 57'' is a 1992 American action thriller film directed by Kevin Hooks. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne, with Snipes portraying a security consultant who finds himself forced to foil a plot to free a captive terrorist during ...

'' *

Nick Cutter This is a list of characters in the ITV science fiction television series '' Primeval'', including supporting characters. The series originally features a cast of five main characters plus supporting cast who investigate time anomalies for th ...

, a character from the television series ''Primeval'' * Sol Cutter, a character from the video game '' Burn Cycle'' *

Captain Spaulding Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding is a fictional character in the Broadway musical ''Animal Crackers'' and the film of the same name. He was originally played by actor Groucho Marx, one of the Marx Brothers, in both productions. Despite his middle na ...

(nicknamed "Cutter"), a character appearing in films by Rob Zombie

Companies

Cutter Consortium Cutter Consortium, founded by Karen Fine Coburn in 1986, is an information technology research company based in Arlington, Massachusetts. History Cutter Information Corp. was founded by Karen Fine Coburn in 1986. In 1990, Cutter purchased the righ ...

, an information technology research firm *

Cutter Laboratories Cutter Laboratories was a family-owned pharmaceutical company located in Berkeley, California, founded by Edward Ahern Cutter in 1897. Cutter's early products included anthrax vaccine, hog cholera (swine fever) virus, and anti-hog cholera serum� ...

, a pharmaceutical company

Entertainment

* ''

The Cutter ''The Cutter'' is a 2005 American direct-to-video action film directed by William Tannen, and starring Chuck Norris, Joanna Pacuła, Daniel Bernhardt, Bernie Kopell and Marshall R. Teague. After a deadly kidnapping rescue gone wrong, a guilt ridd ...

'', a 2005 American action film directed by William Tannen * ''Cutters'' (TV series), an American television series *

Cutter (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, a cutter is a facelock neckbreaker maneuver. This move sees an attacking wrestler first apply a facelock (reaching back and grabbing the head of an opponent, thus pulling the opponent's jaw above the wrestler's s ...

, a move in professional wrestling involving a facelock and a bulldog, also known as an RKO * ''The Cutter'' (album), a compilation album of Echo & the Bunnymen * "The Cutter" (song), a 1983 single by Echo & the Bunnymen

Sport and games

* Cutter or

cut fastball In baseball, a cut fastball or cutter is a type of fastball that breaks toward the pitcher's glove-hand side, as it reaches home plate. This pitch is somewhere between a slider and a four-seam fastball, as it is usually thrown faster than a slide ...

, a type of pitch in baseball *

Cutter (card player) Card players are those participating in a card game. Various names are given to card players based on their role or position. Position Games of Anglo-American origin In games of Anglo-American origin played in English-speaking countries, ...

, the player who cuts the pack in a card game *

Leg cutter A leg cutter is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is bowled by fast bowlers. A bowler releases a normal spin delivery with the wrist locked in position and the first two fingers positioned on top of the cricket ball, giving it spi ...

, a type of delivery in cricket *

Off cutter An off cutter is a type of delivery in the game of cricket. It is bowled by fast bowlers. A bowler releases a normal fast delivery with the wrist locked in position and the first two fingers positioned on top of the cricket ball, giving it spin ...

, a type of delivery in cricket * Cutter, a participant in the equestrian sport of cutting, where the horse and rider demonstrate their ability to handle cattle * Cutters, a current

Little 500 The Little 500 (also known popularly as the "Little Five"), is a track cycling race held annually during the third weekend of April at Bill Armstrong Stadium on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. It is attended by more tha ...

cycling team whose name was taken from 1979 film

Breaking Away ''Breaking Away'' is a 1979 American coming of age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It follows a group of four male teenagers in Bloomington, Indiana, who have recently graduated from high sc ...

Transportation

Cutter (boat) A cutter is a type of watercraft. The term has several meanings. It can apply to the rig (or sailplan) of a sailing vessel (but with regional differences in definition), to a governmental enforcement agency vessel (such as a coast guard or bor ...

, a term applied to several different sorts of watercraft defined by hull type, sailing rig, or the intended use *

United States Coast Guard Cutter United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the U.S. Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels. They are or greater in length and have a permanently assigned crew with accommodations aboard. They carry the ship prefix USCGC. Histor ...

, a term used by the United States Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels * UKBF 42m Customs Cutter, a class of four patrol vessel for the UK Border Force * Cutter, a type of small horse-drawn sled

Other uses

Coors Cutter Coors Cutter was a non-alcoholic beverage from Coors Brewing Company The Coors Brewing Company started as an American brewery and beer company in Golden, Colorado. In 2005, Adolph Coors Company, the holding company that owned Coors Brewing, ...

, a beverage * ''

Cutter v. Wilkinson ''Cutter v. Wilkinson'', 544 U.S. 709 (2005), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), facilities that accept federal funds cannot deny prisoners ...

'', a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case * Cutter Expansive Classification, a library classification system * Someone who engages in self-harm