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单词 cuts up
释义

cutup

1 of 2

noun

cut·​up ˈkət-ˌəp How to pronounce cutup (audio)
: a person who clowns or acts boisterously

cut up

2 of 2

verb

cut up; cutting up; cuts up

transitive verb

1
a
: to cut into parts or pieces
b
: to injure or damage by or as if by cutting : gash, slash
2
: to subject to hostile criticism : censure

intransitive verb

1
: to undergo being cut up
2
: to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner : clown

Synonyms

Verb

  • act up
  • clown (around)
  • fool around
  • horse around
  • hotdog
  • monkey (around)
  • showboat
  • show off
  • skylark
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Example Sentences

Noun In school he was always a cutup, telling jokes and acting silly. Verb high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
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 The sound bytes were so entertaining that McCartney made a cutup of all of them. cleveland, 10 Jan. 2021 According to Granofsky, the Ravens have a fan cutup of him for current games. Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2020 Among other topics Day covered during a Wednesday teleconference:• Day said his typical day begins with watching film, whether that is cutups from the three spring practices, watching NFL teams or studying one of OSU’s 2020 opponents. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Mar. 2020 Once the cutup in all those pictures, Sandi now kept her arms pinned to her sides. cleveland.com, 24 Sep. 2019 There are video cutups of him training in the sand, going through his steps. Rainer Sabin | Rsabin@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2019 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
Verb
Broccoli florets already cut up will save you 10 minutes; same for cut-up watermelon. Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The second is the bureau's next step in its a demand that the seven states in the river basin come up with a way to voluntarily cut up to 25% of their water usage, or the federal government will do it for them. Ella Nilsen And Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 16 Aug. 2022 That piece came from a larger antler, cut up into pieces, and purchased for perhaps $20 a pound, maybe in a lot of other antlers. Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022 The process takes longer than a traditional compost breakdown of egg shells, coffee grinds, and carrot peels, but once cut up, as Grundéns directs customers to do, the bags won’t obstruct normal composting. Chris Burton, Outside Online, 5 May 2021 Is there a right and wrong way to cut up the cabbage for the slaw? Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 17 June 2022 But, in fact, the Van Campens had three more, and scholars have since uncovered evidence that all 14 — six boys and eight girls — were shown in the painting before it was cut up. Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022 This is equally apparent in raw gameplay, as the game's classic stair-stepping cubes are cut up into imprecise, jaggy lines. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022 It will eventually be cut up into [hour-long episodes] or 42 minutes — however TV works. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 21 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1843, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1580, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Kids Definition

cutup

noun

cut·​up ˈkət-ˌəp How to pronounce cutup (audio)
: a person who behaves in a silly way and tries to make other people laugh

cuts up

verb

present tense third-person singular of cut up
as in acts up
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • acts up
  • horses around
  • shows off
  • fools around
  • revels
  • showboats
  • hotdogs
  • clowns (around)
  • roars
  • skylarks
  • wassails
  • monkeys (around)
  • misbehaves
  • roughhouses
  • carries on
  • capers
  • cavorts
  • gambols
  • larks
  • romps
  • carouses
  • rollicks
  • frisks
  • frolics
  • mafficks
  • disports
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