Entry Word: cut up

Function: verb

Meaning: to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior <high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering>

Synonyms act up, clown (around), fool (around), horse (around), monkey (around), show off, skylark

Related Words carry on, misbehave; roughhouse; caper, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp; carouse, revel, wassail