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 cut up
Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Firefighting crews worked Monday to cool residual heat and prevent hot spots from causing reignition, using chainsaws to fell and cut up hazardous trees, inspecting each section for heat and using hoses to extinguish any remaining embers.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Jan. 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
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Verb
Instead of dwelling in doubt, cut up paper and throw it around.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Firefighting crews worked Monday to cool residual heat and prevent hot spots from causing reignition, using chainsaws to fell and cut up hazardous trees, inspecting each section for heat and using hoses to extinguish any remaining embers.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
Noun
You and Ricci, the two biggest cutups in San Antonio radio.
—Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Jan. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut up
Verb
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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
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Baye continued acting up until 2023.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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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
Verb
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Elastico There’s a bit of showing off going on here — but in a good way.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The city of Fort Worth wants to show off its proposals for how to regulate data centers.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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The comedian was seen passing out pizza slices like flyers for a bringer show.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
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English footballer Rio Ferdinand and American comedian Ian Karmel serve as cohosts on the show, which will broadcast new episodes several nights per week.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
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The Rockies threw a boffo welcome-back for Ryan Feltner on Saturday night, and the right-hander was the biggest party animal of all.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Release your inner party animal with capris in a fun, sheer leopard print, perfect for a girls' night out.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
Verb
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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
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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
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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
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After the Great Splintering that seemed to occur after the pandemic, digicore artists are dropping posse cuts and random madcap loosies with each other again.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Cut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20up. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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