Cut-up Definition

cutup
verb

To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections.

With a little practice, you can cut up a whole chicken yourself for frying.
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(informal) 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.
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(idiomatic) To distress mentally or emotionally.

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(idiomatic, dated) To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism.

The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) 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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  • be serious
adjective
Having been cut into smaller pieces.
Put the cut up vegetables in the pot.
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Wounded with multiple lacerations.

He is cut up pretty bad.
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(idiomatic) Emotionally upset; mentally distressed.

She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing.
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(informal) Muscular and lean.
I go to the gym to get stronger and cut up.
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noun

Alternative spelling of cutup.

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Cut-up Sentence Examples

  • Easy Cut-Up Cakes for Kids, by Melissa Barlow, exhibits colorful, vibrant cakes that are easy enough for kids to help make.

  • It was cut up at the top, within reach of where it was tied off.

  • He banged himself up fairly badly—broke a couple of ribs, did something to his knee and leg, whacked his head pretty good and cut up his face.

  • I still don't want you to cut up your clothes, but if what I buy you to wear isn't what you want, you're old enough to select your own clothing.

  • The mainland in the north and east is highly mountainous and forest-clad, and the lower portion is cut up into numerous islands by a network of tidal creeks.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUT

Words Ending With

PUP

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Words Starting With C and Ending With P

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With P