"cutup" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cutups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from cut up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|cut up}} Deverbal from cut up Head templates: {{en-noun}} cutup (plural cutups)
  1. Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes. Synonyms: class clown, prankster
    Sense id: en-cutup-en-noun-Rk7C3MCH Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English deverbals: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 74 26
  2. (literature) A work produced by the aleatory literary technique of cutting up and rearranging a written text to create a new text. Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-cutup-en-noun-tH9~bRb2 Topics: literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cut-up

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