as in horsing around
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 cutting up
Meanwhile, as all of this is happening, Meredith is cutting up with the other ladies at the spa, without a care in the world.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Ford is planning on cutting up to 1,000 roles in electric-vehicle production in Germany.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Proposition 50 would turn back the clock of progress, cutting up our neighborhoods for political gain and silencing the very voices that fought hardest for fairness.
—Bernadette Suarez, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Born Drew Desbordes, Druski, 30, is a long way from the kid who spent his time at the dinner table cutting up.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
The large surface makes cutting up fruits, veggies and meat easy.
—Christopher Murray
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
Ford is planning on cutting up to 1,000 roles in electric-vehicle production in Germany.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Proposition 50 would turn back the clock of progress, cutting up our neighborhoods for political gain and silencing the very voices that fought hardest for fairness.
—Bernadette Suarez, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Born Drew Desbordes, Druski, 30, is a long way from the kid who spent his time at the dinner table cutting up.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
The large surface makes cutting up fruits, veggies and meat easy.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutting up
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Its general sensibility seems more Superstore than The Office, down to the interstitial montages of customers acting up in the perpetually overcrowded waiting room.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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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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Sydney also posted a photo of her walking through the hallways, showing off her pajamas — which perfectly match her daughter's onesie.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Bieber’s matching barely-there thong was connected to it through a web of black strings on her stomach, showing off her abs and highlighting a pink bow adornment in the center.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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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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“Cutting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutting%20up. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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