"cut up" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 cut up.ogg [Australia], En-au-cut up.ogg [Australia] Forms: more cut up [comparative], most cut up [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} cut up (comparative more cut up, superlative most cut up)
  1. Having been cut into smaller pieces.
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-adj-MqPP14jk
  2. Wounded with multiple lacerations.
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-adj-UymbKAs~
  3. (idiomatic, UK, Australia) Emotionally upset; mentally distressed. Tags: Australia, UK, idiomatic Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-adj-oXlHLXVT Disambiguation of Automotive: 6 6 18 5 7 6 6 5 6 6 11 7 6 6 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 14 17 1 1 2 10 9 9 9 10 2 8 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 11 22 1 2 2 8 7 8 7 14 2 7 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 9 26 1 2 2 7 6 9 6 12 2 6 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 3 11 18 3 3 4 9 8 8 7 8 4 7 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 9 24 1 3 3 7 8 7 7 11 3 7 8 Disambiguation of English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax: 2 10 22 2 3 3 8 7 7 7 11 3 7 8
  4. (informal) Muscular and lean. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-adj-AMGMO-g8

Verb [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 cut up.ogg [Australia], En-au-cut up.ogg [Australia] Forms: cuts up [present, singular, third-person], cutting up [participle, present], cut up [participle, past], cut up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> up}} cut up (third-person singular simple present cuts up, present participle cutting up, simple past and past participle cut up)
  1. (intransitive, literally) To cut upward. Tags: intransitive, literally
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-tSOO2EDg
  2. (transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections. Tags: transitive Translations (to cut into smaller pieces): opsny (Afrikaans), ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō) (Ancient Greek), paloitella (Finnish), zerschneiden (German), zerteilen (German), zerlegen (German), aufschneiden (German), brytja (Icelandic), dissecō (Latin), āhēawan (Old English), разрезать (razrezatʹ) (Russian), picar (Spanish), trinchar [food, lifestyle] (Spanish), destazar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-EwEa2B5p Disambiguation of 'to cut into smaller pieces': 10 52 2 2 3 1 2 17 9 2
  3. (transitive, informal) To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-VcXINGn-
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) To distress mentally or emotionally. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-PfZkROXf
  5. (transitive, idiomatic, dated) To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism. Tags: dated, idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-RX8zsqCI
  6. (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. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-XKI66dPt
  7. (transitive, idiomatic, British, Ireland) To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving. Tags: British, Ireland, idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: cut off [US] Translations (to aggressively move in front of another vehicle): snijden (Dutch), schneiden (German), bevág (Hungarian), подрезать (podrezatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-euT6kM7t Categories (other): British English, Irish English Disambiguation of 'to aggressively move in front of another vehicle': 1 2 3 4 3 5 73 3 4 2
  8. (intransitive) To disintegrate; to break into pieces. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-UBImwirv
  9. (slang, dated) 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. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-lDZ~WbAt
  10. (informal, motor racing) Comprise a particular selection of runners. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-NeZk5YUK Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cut-up, cut up nasty, cutup [noun], cut up rough, cut up shines

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cut up meaning in All languages combined (14.0kB)

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          "ref": "2005, Richard Hunter, Righteous Indignation: Driving Psychology, AuthorHouse, page 42",
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          "ref": "2006, Jane M. Ussher, Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body, Routledge, page 170",
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          "ref": "a. 2007, “Jones” (former police officer; possible pseudonym), quoted in Tom Rennie, Governors, Guns and Money, Lulu.com, page 78",
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          "ref": "2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "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 a problem; it was just that Falcao was far better than him.",
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        "(transitive, informal) To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting."
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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."
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          "ref": "2005, Richard Hunter, Righteous Indignation: Driving Psychology, AuthorHouse, page 42",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Jane M. Ussher, Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body, Routledge, page 170",
          "text": "The third gave an account of losing her temper in traffic, after being cut up by another driver, then bursting into tears.",
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          "ref": "a. 2007, “Jones” (former police officer; possible pseudonym), quoted in Tom Rennie, Governors, Guns and Money, Lulu.com, page 78",
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        "(transitive, idiomatic, British, Ireland) To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving."
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        "(intransitive) To disintegrate; to break into pieces."
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          "ref": "1848, William Makepeace Thackery, The History of Pendennis",
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        "(slang, dated) 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."
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          "text": "The race has cut up badly with no real opposition to \"Serendipity\".",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "paloitella"
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "zerschneiden"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "zerteilen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "zerlegen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "aufschneiden"
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "ἀνατέμνω"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "brytja"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "dissecō"
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "āhēawan"
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    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "разрезать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "picar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
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      "word": "trinchar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "destazar"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to aggressively move in front of another vehicle",
      "word": "snijden"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to aggressively move in front of another vehicle",
      "word": "schneiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to aggressively move in front of another vehicle",
      "word": "bevág"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podrezatʹ",
      "sense": "to aggressively move in front of another vehicle",
      "word": "подрезать"
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}

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