CUT UP Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

cut up 1 of 2

verb

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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noun

as in jokester

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as in carouser

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Recent Examples of cut up

Verb

Bina even lets her, get this, cut up the cucumbers in her kitchen. —

Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024 Then, Craig allegedly purchased a chainsaw on Amazon and cut up her mother’s body in the basement, Hardy testified. —

Christine Pelisek, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024

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When Hall and his family came to Auburn for his official visit, Garner prepared a cutup of Hall’s play from that game and sat him down in his office to watch it. —

Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 12 Apr. 2023 Rachel Sennott, who played the hurricane at the center of Shiva Baby and co-wrote this new movie, is the brash, horny cutup. —

A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for cut up

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But in 1954, Brando was at the height of his talents, bringing American acting up to and past to the British standard for the first time, with a realism achieved through that delicate balancing of gender qualities that pretty much no one before or after mastered in the same way.

Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
Babies remain the last vestige of scoundrels in sequel terms, so naturally the movie introduces a son to Gru (voiced as usual by Steve Carell) and Lucy (Kristen Wiig) who, semi-amusingly, can’t stand his dad, screaming or acting up in some other way every time Gru picks him up.

Brian Lowry, CNN, 2 July 2024