cutup

noun cut·up \ ˈkət-ˌəp \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Examples: cutup in a Sentence

Definition of cutup

: a person who clowns or acts boisterously

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Examples of cutup in a Sentence

In school he was always a cutup, telling jokes and acting silly.

Recent Examples of cutup from the Web

Her name was Dorothy (née Driscoll), a notorious cutup, Irish and German, in contrast to his father, a serious Catholic of German-Bohemian background.

— mark rozzo, Vanities, "Ed Ruscha Still Has Plenty More to Say About America," 30 May 2018
His tape speaks for itself, big brother’s cutups of as dominating an interior offensive lineman as college football’s seen in years.

— zak keefer, Indianapolis Star, "From picked on to punishing: The story of new Colt Quenton Nelson," 27 Apr. 2018
In between the elongated cutups, there are priceless comedic bits.

— robert osborne, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Monty Python's The Meaning of Life': THR's 1983 Review," 31 Mar. 2018
Because astronauts would likely not be hauling vermiculite from Earth but might have cardboard boxes, Guinan also tried mixing cutup cardboard into the Martian soil.

— author: kenneth chang, Anchorage Daily News, "If we ever get to Mars, the beer might not be bad," 13 Jan. 2018
Because astronauts would likely not be hauling vermiculite from Earth but might have cardboard boxes, Dr. Guinan also tried mixing cutup cardboard into the Martian soil.

— kenneth chang, New York Times, "If We Ever Get to Mars, the Beer Might Not Be Bad," 12 Jan. 2018
And most of the plays from the second cutup were from the second half.

— erin sorensen, ajc, "Nebraska football mailbag: Explaining the Blackshirts’ turnaround vs. Oregon," 13 Sep. 2017
Place the first three cutup potatoes in a layer in a big bowl, then layer about a third of the onions, peppers and Chinese celery on top.

— bethany jean clement, The Seattle Times, "Riz Rollins’ most excellent potato salad," 16 Aug. 2017
Lochte is as spontaneous as Phelps is serious, coming across as the cutup to Phelps’s cutthroat competitor.

— karen crouse, New York Times, "For the Spotlight? Ryan Lochte Was Ready to Do Anything," 18 Aug. 2016

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First Known Use of cutup

1843

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cut up

verb

Definition of cut up

transitive verb

1 a : to cut into parts or pieces

b : to injure or damage by or as if by cutting : gash, slash

2 : to subject to hostile criticism : censure

intransitive verb

1 : to undergo being cut up

2 : to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner : clown

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Examples of cut up in a Sentence

high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering

Recent Examples of cut up from the Web

Why all of a sudden is Tennessee getting all cut up about it?

— maria pasquini, PEOPLE.com, "Eminem Denies Using Gunshot Sound Effects Amid Fan Backlash Over Bonnaroo Set," 10 June 2018
Bourdain and Mario Batali came on stage to present an award, both cutting up.

— kathleen purvis, charlotteobserver, "This is how I'll remember Anthony Bourdain: A Charlotte visit and an ash-tray incident," 8 June 2018
At first, the wood that did not go into building his house was cut up and sold as firewood.

— charles desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, "J.B. Blunk’s ‘everyday life’ of art and nature at Oakland Museum," 31 May 2018
He is knocked down, cut up, stomped and detonated, and then gets up and keeps fighting.

— New York Times, "Review: ‘Deadpool 2’ Has More Swearing, Slicing and Dicing from Ryan Reynolds," 14 May 2018
Now make two cuts across and about five cuts up and down to create large chunks.

— debbi snook, cleveland.com, "Earth Day Recipes: Use leftover cantaloupe in smoothies," 18 Apr. 2018
Sometimes they are cut up and sold as sea scallops, says Cufone.

— rachel clark, Good Housekeeping, "12 Fish You Should Never Eat—And What To Eat Instead," 12 July 2017
They're either sold off or given away to foreign countries, or cut up and sold to scrap merchants.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The Arizona Boneyard Where Old Warplanes Go To Die," 29 Mar. 2016
In the end, Grosse Pointe Park businessman Art Rathburn, a one-time prominent cadaver expert who built a $13-million empire cutting up bodies with chainsaws and renting their parts to medical researchers, got nine years in prison for fraud.

— tresa baldas, Detroit Free Press, "Grosse Pointe cadaver dealer gets 9 years prison in body parts case," 22 May 2018

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