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cutie
[ kyoo-tee ]
noun
- Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
Hi, cutie.
- Slang.
- a person who tries to outsmart an opponent, as an athlete who outmaneuvers an opposing player:
The tackle was a real cutie when blocking on trap plays.
- a clever or cunning maneuver:
He pulled a cutie.
cutie
/ ˈkjuːtɪ /
noun
- a person regarded as appealing or attractive, esp a girl or woman
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Example Sentences
With her blond bob and wide-awake eyes, Clare has the winsomeness of a jazz-age cutie.
The 15-year-old cutie, along with her feline siblings, has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers on her mama’s Instagram.
At just two pounds, this cutie can go wherever you do and has everything you need to execute simple jobs.
Cutie and Bullie get happy endings, but Noriko and Ushio still live in reality.
“It took 35 years for me to find Cutie on my own,” Noriko says.
On her website, she declares her love for her four dogs, Timmy, Tommy, Katie, and Cutie.
But this time she sang her original song, “Cutie Patootie,” in which she brags about her various TV appearances.
Example: "There's one huge grenade launcher, there's one grenade, and then there's one cutie."
I want to prove I can do something besides being a vulgar little 'Kitty the Cutie.'
Well, then, cutie pie,Uncle Michael is a secret service man.
As he lifted the cover and looked in the basket, "Cutie's" pupils enlarged and she shrank from him.
He dropped the paper he was reading when she wandered in, and won her at once by not calling her "Cutie."
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About This Word
What does cutie mean?
Cutie is an informal word for a person considered cute or attractive.
It can be used to refer to such a person, as in There are a couple of real cuties in my math class, or to address such a person, as in Hey, cutie, I missed you!
This sense of the word can be considered demeaning toward the person it’s referring to or addressing. But that’s not always the case, especially when it’s directed toward a person by someone they love as a term of affection.
Cutie can also be used as a term of endearment and affection that’s especially used to refer to or to address young children, much like sweetheart, sweetie, or darling.
Cutie can also be spelled as cutey, but this is much less common.
Example: Your nephew is such a cutie—look at that sweet face!
Where does cutie come from?
The first records of the word cutie come from the 1700s in the U.S. It’s formed from the word cute, which is first recorded in the 1600s, and the suffix -ie, which is used to create informal and diminutive names for things, like sweetie and doggie.
Cute can mean a lot of different things. Babies and young children are cute. Adorable animals are cute. But the word is also commonly used as another way of saying that someone is sexually attractive, and cutie can be used as a milder version of the word hottie. For that reason, calling someone a cutie—especially when addressing them that way—could be seen as unwelcome.
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What are some other forms related to cutie?
- cutey (less common alternate spelling)
- cuties (plural)
What are some synonyms for cutie?
What are some words that share a root or word element with cutie?
What are some words that often get used in discussing cutie?
How is cutie used in real life?
Cutie can be considered affectionate or demeaning, depending on how it’s used and who says it about whom.
aw mo's grandson is such a little cutie!
— cheyanne. (@cheyaanee) December 25, 2012
Awwwww Look at this little cutie! #blackcat #blackkitten #HalloweenSpirit pic.twitter.com/qYhPD3DNXm
— Madamn Coffin's Musings (@MadamnCoffin) October 5, 2020
tl dead? dramione is a valid ship, i mean look at these cuties pic.twitter.com/iGHZdO8XJp
— ᴛ!ɴᴀ 🦆 (@Changeusernam_) October 6, 2020
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