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verb

Definition of cut upnext
as in to act up
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering

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noun

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as in jokester

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as in carouser

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Recent Examples of cut up
Verb
During his testimony, the prosecution produced a spiral notebook in which Clancy had left instructions for caretakers on when to put down the baby, which vegetables to prepare for dinner, how to cut up the sweet potatoes. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 Cut the half into thin wedges by making ½-inch slices lengthwise through the onion, cutting up to, but not through, the root end. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
Such systems also house analytics programming, sections where mock drafts are monitored to gauge external chatter about players, video libraries of film cutups, charts with testing results and more advanced metrics such as play speed. — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 There is a video cutup that has frequented social media over the last year featuring all of Edwards’ missed shots at the end of close games. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cut up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut up
  1. act up
  2. jokester
  3. carouser
  4. show off
  5. comedian
  6. party animal
  7. horse around
  8. madcap
Verb
  • Six weeks later, when that integration acts up again, the institutional memory that used to shorten the investigation may not be there.
    — Sanjay Gidwani, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Powell said the Cru team rarely gets such blowback because of its gentler approach, though the occasional troll will act up.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Definition of act up
Noun
  • He was known to be a jokester in the locker room, jovial but also smart enough to have played almost all five starting roles on an offensive line.
    — PJ Green August 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Like most kids, her son was a jokester and always aiming to get on her nerves.
    — Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of jokester
Noun
  • Take William Shakespeare, who is often portrayed as a carouser, downing pints while exchanging barbs with his fellow writers, cheating on his wife with both men and women, passionately engaging his quill to reimagine the very nature of the human being.
    — Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of carouser
Verb
  • While the 5-foot-9 McQuillan got to show off her powerful hitting skills to the crowd, she actually was recruited by UConn as a libero.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Much like the desires of the IOC, the question can be posed as to whether focusing on our common passions in sport can help create a way out of divisiveness and show off the benefits of economic interdependence.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of show off
Noun
  • Three decades into his career, Lawrence is helping the next generation of comedians.
    — Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Damien Warren-Smith, an Australian comedian whose solo show purports to stage every book of the Penguin Classics series in seventy minutes.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of comedian
Noun
  • Ballmer, who can often be seen bouncing around like a hyper-caffeinated party animal in the Clippers’ home arena, Intuit Dome, is no shrinking violet — he was known as a ferociously hard-charging, hands-on leader at Microsoft.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of party animal
Verb
  • Also, don’t get too out of control horsing around with friends in the water.
    — John Natale, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • According to McGrady, the only royal who didn’t enjoy the time away in the Highlands was the late Princess Diana, who didn’t fit in with the family’s outdoorsy vibes and didn’t enjoy riding horses around the property due to a fall as a child.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of horse around
Noun
  • The fare isn’t noteworthy or unique, except for the onion soup with its madcap, enormous puff pastry lid.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of madcap

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