cutups

noun

plural of cutup
1
as in comedians

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as in carousers

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  1. comedians
  2. merrymakers
  3. jokesters
  4. buffoons
  5. clowns
  6. vices
Noun
  • The event features more than 80 active or retired sports stars, as well Hollywood actors, comedians and entertainers, all vying for a $600,000 purse in the three-day, 54-hole tournament.
    — José Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • Both seasons saw the casting of unknowns to a sizable degree; actors, comedians, and improvisers who have not previously been in the spotlight united in a remarkably convincing and cohesive ensemble performance.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
Definition of comedians
Noun
  • But her gamboling merrymakers, hammy showgirls, and blithe flaneurs insist otherwise.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Surveying a roomful of merrymakers during my visit, amid noise that could be an OSHA violation, Rodrigue cracks a small smile.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Definition of merrymakers
Noun
  • There are Jewish jokes and Jewish jokesters and Nazis who torture and kill the jokesters.
    — Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Some people might bring nice presents, while jokesters may put far less valuable gifts in their boxes.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of jokesters
Noun
  • The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But times have changed, and this team of buffoons is forced to grapple with changing industry ethics and sensationalist journalism in its transition, all while Ron faces an identity crisis that challenges his bravado, his massive ego.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of buffoons
Noun
  • Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns — that shopworn trope — genuinely frightening again.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.
    — Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of clowns
Noun
  • The long-standing problem is that Skid Row is both a social service center and a mecca of drugs and other vices, with traps on every block.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • To many critics, that sounds like a high-tech form of lowbrow gambling, a new way to bring the vices of Vegas right to your phone.
    — Max Raskin, Washington Post, 28 June 2026
Definition of vices
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“Cutups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutups. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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