cut up; cutting up; cuts up
2
: to subject to hostile criticism : censure
1
: to undergo being cut up
2
: to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner : clown
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Noun
In school he was always a cutup, telling jokes and acting silly.
Verb
high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering
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A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
Joe Walsh gonna Joe Walsh Rock and roll has no shortage of cutups and characters in its ranks, but few are as divinely silly as Joe Walsh.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2024
Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Each morning at 3 AM Lopez is at the Fulton Fish Market and all his orders are at the restaurant kitchen by 7 AM to be weighed and cut up, scaled and filleted.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
Joe Walsh gonna Joe Walsh Rock and roll has no shortage of cutups and characters in its ranks, but few are as divinely silly as Joe Walsh.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2024
Verb
And past paintings, too, could be recycled, cut up and then reenlisted for new images.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Each morning at 3 AM Lopez is at the Fulton Fish Market and all his orders are at the restaurant kitchen by 7 AM to be weighed and cut up, scaled and filleted.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Cutup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutup. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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cutup
1 of 2 noun
cut·up
ˈkət-ˌəp 
: a person who clowns or acts noisily
cut up
2 of 2 verbˈkət-ˈəp
: to act like a clown
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