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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Recent Examples of cutup
Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 12 Apr. 2023
Rachel Sennott, who played the hurricane at the center of Shiva Baby and co-wrote this new movie, is the brash, horny cutup.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023
Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Investigators allegedly recovered evidence from Louisma's car, including a pocketknife with blood stains on it, machetes, a rope, a roll of duct tape, pink HeyDude shoes, and a cut up pink shirt with duct tape wrapped around it, CBS2 Iowa reports.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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Verb
When Hall and his family came to Auburn for his official visit, Garner prepared a cutup of Hall’s play from that game and sat him down in his office to watch it.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 12 Apr. 2023
Rachel Sennott, who played the hurricane at the center of Shiva Baby and co-wrote this new movie, is the brash, horny cutup.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
To mulch leaves, use a lawn mower or leaf shredder to cut up your leaves into small pieces and then pile them up around your plants.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Investigators allegedly recovered evidence from Louisma's car, including a pocketknife with blood stains on it, machetes, a rope, a roll of duct tape, pink HeyDude shoes, and a cut up pink shirt with duct tape wrapped around it, CBS2 Iowa reports.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutup
Verb
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Sturm said his back started acting up after the team’s first practice.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the cold and austere German winter (a far cry from Dakar’s physical and cultural warmth), an anxious Nourou acts up outside a hotel and is accosted by a Polish security guard, setting off a minor chain reaction in which Maja intervenes on his behalf, much to his chagrin.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Beverly Hills Estate’s Rayni Williams proved particularly adept at guessing the correct agents, though she was occasionally drowned out by the good-natured ribbing of jokesters Aaron Kirman and Matt Altman.—
Hadley Meares,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Taylor is Connor, a jokester and tough young Westie soldier who sticks close to Roarke to survive in Hell’s Kitchen.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That journey resulted in plenty of dishes that show off the bold flavors of the region.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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Bar Italia are definitely not shy about showing off their moody rock influences — a little Slowdive, a lot of the Cure, plenty of the Velvets and Spacemen 3 and Sonic Youth.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her droll yet touching quest for motherhood mirrors the messy compromises and silent struggles of human lives.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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An often droll world, for a moment revealing its contrasts, its irregularities, and suddenly becoming very much alive.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My parents were, God bless them, kind of party animals.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Roman mythology had Pan, a big fat party animal and actually pretty fun goat-guy.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Running or horsing around with sparklers can also cause injuries and burns when users trip and fall.—
Justin Laube,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 July 2025
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Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the video – which the rider said is about two years old – hitting a horse around 40 times.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Some Russians already have complained about Max’s functionality (and mocked VK’s semi-cheesy, semi-effective enlistment of rappers, comedians, and influencers to promote it).—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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The two-week event brought together, for the first time in the wealthy Islamic state’s history, roughly 50 global stand-up comedians, some of whom are bona fide celebrity comics, and marked a major milestone in its incoming leadership’s push for economic, social and cultural diversification.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Gisin hopes that by fooling around with measurements of these more exotic states, physicists will come to better understand the role of measurement in general.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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Those have come from two players: Adrian Morejon of the San Diego Padres, who throws an odd knuckleball-changeup hybrid about 1 percent of the time, and Jonah Bride of the Minnesota Twins, an infielder fooling around with the knuckler in blowouts.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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“Cutup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutup. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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