cut up 1 of 2

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

1
as in jokester

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as in carouser

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Recent Examples of cut up
Verb
The new non-stop flights will cut up to four hours off travel time compared to current one-stop services. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Left on the kitchen counter were cut up limes and rhubarb custard pie. — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 14 June 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
  • Currently, Screen Time often acts up and just cuts off access to all apps, whether it’s supposed to or not.
    — Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
  • Baye continued acting up until 2023.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
Definition of act up
Noun
  • Once the full Wales family was assembled on the Buckingham Palace balcony, Louis continued his annual tradition of playing jokester.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 13 June 2026
  • She was described as a jokester, a loving person and someone people often felt safe around, according to her family.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 June 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
  • Rancho Cucamonga gets to show off many of its top skill-position players.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Creators on social media are showing off their dramatic tan lines and outdoor set-ups — some even forgoing sun protection or adding tanning bed sessions.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of show off
Noun
  • The superstar couple wed in a ceremony on July 3, which was officiated by actor and comedian Adam Sandler, a representative for Swift confirmed to ABC News at the time.
    — Mason Leib, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • Harvey is a comedian and satirist who, as Count Binface, has run against three prime ministers in the past decade.
    — Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 10 July 2026
Definition of comedian
Noun
  • Spoilers Ahead Kara is introduced as a reckless party animal, who spends her time seeking out planets orbiting red suns, to weaken her superpowered metabolism and become intoxicated.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • This deal revived the party animal in me.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026
Definition of party animal
Verb
  • Ortiz navigated past 17 other horses around the final turn and made a hard charge down the stretch.
    — Stephen Whyno, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • Ortiz navigated past 17 other horses around the final turn and made a hard charge down the stretch.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Definition of horse around
Noun
  • 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
  • Her madcap, occasionally ultra-violent quest leads us down dark alleys in Chinatown and into chic midtown hotel bars.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Definition of madcap

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