How to Use cutup in a Sentence

cutup

1 of 2 noun
  • In school he was always a cutup, telling jokes and acting silly.
  • And most of the plays from the second cutup were from the second half.
    Erin Sorensen, ajc, 13 Sep. 2017
  • There are video cutups of him training in the sand, going through his steps.
    Rainer Sabin | Rsabin@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Once the cutup in all those pictures, Sandi now kept her arms pinned to her sides.
    cleveland.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Coach Mike McDaniel had a video cutup made of other poor attempts at doing the dance and showed it to the team.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The sound bytes were so entertaining that McCartney made a cutup of all of them.
    cleveland, 10 Jan. 2021
  • Place the first three cutup potatoes in a layer in a big bowl, then layer about a third of the onions, peppers and Chinese celery on top.
    Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2017
  • According to Granofsky, the Ravens have a fan cutup of him for current games.
    Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • In between the elongated cutups, there are priceless comedic bits.
    Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Gillespie, a notorious cutup, stuck his tongue out just as the camera’s shutter came down.
    Marc Myers, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Lochte is as spontaneous as Phelps is serious, coming across as the cutup to Phelps’s cutthroat competitor.
    Karen Crouse, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2016
  • Civilian Adele is a cutup, relentlessly self-effacing, and always taking the piss out of herself.
    Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2021
  • One shoe, made from a cutup Audubon magazine, features fragmented images of flamingos.
    Washington Post, 26 May 2021
  • Because astronauts would likely not be hauling vermiculite from Earth but might have cardboard boxes, Guinan also tried mixing cutup cardboard into the Martian soil.
    Author: Kenneth Chang, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Because astronauts would likely not be hauling vermiculite from Earth but might have cardboard boxes, Dr. Guinan also tried mixing cutup cardboard into the Martian soil.
    Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
  • His tape speaks for itself, big brother’s cutups of as dominating an interior offensive lineman as college football’s seen in years.
    Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Shanahan tasked McVay with binding playbooks, making copies, scribbling out play sheets and organizing cutups of opposing defenses.
    Greg Bishop, SI.com, 23 Aug. 2019
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cut up

2 of 2 verb
  • Make a small cut up to the rind to set the wedge on the rim of the glass.
    Rebekah Peppler, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Hanlen cut up the video and showed LaVine the source of the problem.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Stir the eggs in the bowl to cut up the curds a bit, then return them to the pan.
    The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Is there a right and wrong way to cut up the cabbage for the slaw?
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 17 June 2022
  • The peppers and onion can be cut up up to 2 days ahead.
    Woman's Day, 1 Jan. 2012
  • Both the hat and shoes had been cut up, the police said, and the shoes had blood on them.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Just cut up some pears, brie, and manchego, and stock up on two jars.
    Christa Guerra, Bon Appétit, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Both the hat and shoes had been cut up, police said, and the shoes had blood on them.
    Mike Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022
  • So, to cut down on conflict, maybe just crank up the bass and cut up the dance floor.
    Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Lamar Sperling read his blocks, cut up the middle and raced to the right edge of the end zone.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Now make two cuts across and about five cuts up and down to create large chunks.
    Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • This track would play and the crowd would go ballistic, and the DJs would be cutting up the break.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 29 June 2018
  • Sampson cut up the sideline then turned back to the middle of the field which was wide open for him.
    Jason Russell, NOLA.com, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Crews from the city came out and used chainsaws to cut up the tree segments that were blocking the road.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 29 May 2021
  • Williams, of course, ignored the ban, cut up some fabric and sewed clothes for her dolls.
    Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 19 June 2018
  • One woman cut up her wedding dress and made a book of it.
    Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The saw was great for trimming around camp and even cutting up the medium size logs around the fire.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 13 June 2018
  • And the Browns offense cut up the Titans defense, who seemed confused of the half.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Cut Out the Backbone Start with the tail area and cut up on either side of the spine, all the way up to either side of the neck.
    Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 27 June 2017
  • After cutting up to the pencil lines the waste piece will still be attached to the stringer.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2020
  • The vegetable can play the same role in outdoor cooking, but needs to be cut up first.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
  • This style takes boyfriend cut up a notch with a more dramatic width and length.
    Tyler Joe, Marie Claire, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Hilliard found some space to cut up field on a handoff shown below.
    cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • She was violently thrown to the ground and her legs got cut up.
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Democrats were afraid their districts would be cut up into a lot of pieces.
    Jonathan Lai, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • It’s most commonly made with the whole bird, cut up and sold by the piece in restaurants and street food stalls.
    Michelle Tchea, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Like, artists are making songs to be cut up for TikTok.
    David Marchese, New York Times, 10 July 2022
  • In one video, Gökçe cuts up slabs of beef for Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
    Gaby Del Valle, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Bina even lets her, get this, cut up the cucumbers in her kitchen.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Advertisement His star turn started in the first quarter, as Lemon caught a kickoff at the goal line, cut up field and blew the game open.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024

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