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 cut up
Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Each morning at 3 AM Lopez is at the Fulton Fish Market and all his orders are at the restaurant kitchen by 7 AM to be weighed and cut up, scaled and filleted.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
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
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And past paintings, too, could be recycled, cut up and then reenlisted for new images.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Each morning at 3 AM Lopez is at the Fulton Fish Market and all his orders are at the restaurant kitchen by 7 AM to be weighed and cut up, scaled and filleted.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
McDaniel had a video cutup made of other poor attempts at doing the dance and showed it to the team.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
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
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Exactly zero of the acts up for Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, or Best Rock Album are first-time nominees.Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Service animals, emotional support animals, acting up.Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2024
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The jokester reprises his role as antagonist and comically-large-mustache enthusiast Dr. Robotnik in the franchise’s third installment, in theaters Dec. 20.Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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David Naughton is great as the backpacker who survives an attack by a werewolf, but Griffin Dunne steals the show as his deteriorating, jokester friend who does not.Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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One of them might have been a triangular crop top showing off my midriff and some hot pants.Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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Julier describes these affairs as painstaking productions that also functioned to show off a person’s class status.Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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But like so much later-era Simpsons, the periodically whimsical segment (Gaiman as the droll voice of Snowball V!) eventually becomes more about Homer than Lisa.Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Among the standout performances to enjoy are the very droll Tarra Conner Jones as bandleader Sweet Sue and the journeyman Broadway player Matt Loehr, who plays the Tony Curtis role of Joe here.Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Obviously, in their youth, both princes made plenty of headlines with their party animal antics at nightclubs in and around London.Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2024
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To give yourself or your favorite party animal the perfect gift this year, keep scrolling and add to cart.Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2024
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After five teenage boys are shown horsing around on a Malibu beach for a few seconds, the shot dissolves into Liam’s perfect coif, his unbuttoned shirt, his disarming smile.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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The Game of Thrones alum, 28, was seen horsing around with the British aristocrat at a polo match at his family's estate in West Sussex, England on Saturday, June 29.Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
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Ellen DeGeneres Looks Back on Her Many Memories with Stephen 'tWitch' Boss 1 Year After His Death: 'Miss Him So Much' In September, the comedian remembered tWitch on his would-be 42nd birthday.Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The 42-year-old comedian appeared on the Wednesday, December 11, episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and shared insight into life with his and Olivia Munn's two kids: son Malcolm, 3, and daughter Meimei, 3 months.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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While the siblings have the habit of getting into troubles and to only use their creative skills to fool around, Michael sees in them a real talent.Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Players were in a dorm room fooling around with a gun.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Cut up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20up. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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