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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Recent Examples of cutup
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
Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
The highlight of his night was a quick-out, in which Jefferson made the initial defender miss, then cut up field, hit his top gear and went 65 yards to the house for a score.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Aug. 2025
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Verb
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
Noun
Born Drew Desbordes, Druski, 30, is a long way from the kid who spent his time at the dinner table cutting up.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
The highlight of his night was a quick-out, in which Jefferson made the initial defender miss, then cut up field, hit his top gear and went 65 yards to the house for a score.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutup
Verb
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Johnson, who struggles with a neuroma, swears by her Oofos mules to keep it from acting up.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
29 Aug. 2025
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Millennials are all about heading to the doctor’s office when their guts start acting up—and both experts agreed that’s a positive thing.—
Alisa Hrustic,
Health,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Beverly Hills Estate’s Rayni Williams proved particularly adept at guessing the correct agents, though she was occasionally drowned out by the good-natured ribbing of jokesters Aaron Kirman and Matt Altman.—
Hadley Meares,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Taylor is Connor, a jokester and tough young Westie soldier who sticks close to Roarke to survive in Hell’s Kitchen.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The photos of the lovebirds cuddling in a garden (whilst showing off the stunning ring) garnered over 37 million likes.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
18 Sep. 2025
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While Aniston previously packed hers to the brim when showing off a new haircare product last month, Alba and Lopez toted theirs around earlier this week.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kahani’s work is of a piece with that of bigger-name compatriots like Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof in its protest against the Iranian government, though his droll-to-devastating approach is very much his own.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
21 Aug. 2025
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Brian Doyle-Murray, the older brother of Bill, stars in Caddyshack as the droll Lou Loomis, manager of the caddies.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Roman mythology had Pan, a big fat party animal and actually pretty fun goat-guy.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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However, Marshall says its new party animal is more than just a pretty face thanks to an IP54 rating that protects against dust and water.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Running or horsing around with sparklers can also cause injuries and burns when users trip and fall.—
Justin Laube,
EverydayHealth.com,
2 July 2025
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Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the video – which the rider said is about two years old – hitting a horse around 40 times.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Yet the Hollywood ceremony on CBS will be hosted by a comedian, Nate Bargatze, and many of the most-talked about shows and nominees have attracted viewers with humor and humanity.—
Jair Hilburn,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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What drove Gillis to Notre Dame fandom — and what made the Irish embrace the comedian?—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gisin hopes that by fooling around with measurements of these more exotic states, physicists will come to better understand the role of measurement in general.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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Those have come from two players: Adrian Morejon of the San Diego Padres, who throws an odd knuckleball-changeup hybrid about 1 percent of the time, and Jonah Bride of the Minnesota Twins, an infielder fooling around with the knuckler in blowouts.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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“Cutup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutup. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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