cut·ie

[kyoo-tee]
noun
1.
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address): Hi, cutie.
2.
Slang.
a.
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.
b.
a clever or cunning maneuver: He pulled a cutie.

Origin:
1760–70, Americanism; cute + -ie

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cutie or cutey (ˈkjuːtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person regarded as appealing or attractive, esp a girl or woman
 
cutey or cutey
 
n

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Cutie is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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cutie
"cute person," originally esp. "attractive young woman," 1917, from cute.
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cutie definition


  1. n.
    a cute thing or person. (Also a term of address.) : Come here, cutie, let me fix your collar.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
It will still be on the personalized plates, the ones with your name, your cutie's name or some other six-digit or letter phrase.
If you played your cards right you could sneak a little smooch from the cutie sitting next to you.
Seduced by a conniving cutie, he looks desperately bored.
The shapely red-head would do well, though, to tone down her cutie-pie grimacing.
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