cut up
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cut up
verb cuts up · cutting up · cut up
- To cut upward.
- To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections. With a little practice, you can cut up a whole chicken yourself for frying.
- To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting. The attackers cut him up pretty bad.
- To distress mentally or emotionally. And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event[…]
- To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism. The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.
- To behave like a clown or jokester (a cut-up); to misbehave; to act in a playful, comical, boisterous, or unruly manner to elicit laughter, attention, etc. We need to talk about Johnny's tendency to cut up in class.
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To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving.
If you are a victim of Road Rage, this normally means you may have inadvertently cut someone up on the road, or he may perceive that you have cut him up.
Similar: cut off
- To disintegrate; to break into pieces. The first match in the magnificent new national stadium was a Euro 2012 qualifier between Romania and France that soon descended into farce as the pitch cut up and players struggled to maintain their footing. Amorebieta at times seemed to be paying homage to that game, but nobody else seemed to have
- To divide into portions well or badly; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis.
- Comprise a particular selection of runners. The race has cut up badly with no real opposition to "Serendipity".
adjective more cut up · most cut up
- Having been cut into smaller pieces. Put the cut up vegetables in the pot.
- Wounded with multiple lacerations. He is cut up pretty bad.
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Emotionally upset; mentally distressed.
She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing.
Similar: miserable, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen
- Muscular and lean. I go to the gym to get stronger and cut up.
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Talk about this word "cut up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cut%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cut up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cut%20up "cut up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cut%20up.Cite this
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