"cut up" meaning in English

See cut up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: EN-AU ck1 cut up.ogg , En-au-cut up.ogg 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~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 16 1 1 2 12 1 10 10 10 2 9 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 3 14 15 2 3 3 12 3 11 11 9 3 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 15 15 1 2 3 12 2 11 11 9 2 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 16 1 2 2 13 1 12 12 9 2 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 12 16 2 3 3 11 2 13 11 7 3 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 13 17 2 2 3 11 2 14 12 7 3 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 14 16 2 2 3 12 2 14 13 6 3 5 5
  3. (idiomatic, UK, Australia) Emotionally upset; mentally distressed. Tags: Australia, UK, idiomatic Synonyms: miserable, unhappy, sad
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-adj-oXlHLXVT Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 16 1 1 2 12 1 10 10 10 2 9 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 3 14 15 2 3 3 12 3 11 11 9 3 7 6 Disambiguation of English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax: 2 14 18 1 2 2 11 2 10 10 11 3 7 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 10 18 2 3 3 9 2 14 14 6 3 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 15 15 1 2 3 12 2 11 11 9 2 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 16 1 2 2 13 1 12 12 9 2 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 3 11 21 3 3 3 9 2 12 13 8 3 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 4 11 19 2 4 4 9 2 9 9 9 4 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 12 15 3 3 4 11 3 12 12 6 4 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 10 19 3 3 3 9 2 12 13 8 3 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 12 16 2 3 3 11 2 13 11 7 3 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 13 18 2 2 3 10 2 11 12 7 3 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 3 11 19 3 3 3 9 2 11 12 8 3 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 13 17 2 2 3 11 2 14 12 7 3 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 2 9 21 2 2 3 8 4 10 8 15 4 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 13 18 2 2 3 11 2 14 13 6 2 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 14 16 2 2 3 12 2 14 13 6 3 5 5
  4. (informal) Muscular and lean. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-adj-AMGMO-g8

Verb

Audio: EN-AU ck1 cut up.ogg , En-au-cut up.ogg 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), retazar (Spanish), retacear [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cut_up-en-verb-EwEa2B5p Disambiguation of 'to cut into smaller pieces': 6 60 2 2 2 1 2 14 8 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- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 16 1 1 2 12 1 10 10 10 2 9 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 3 14 15 2 3 3 12 3 11 11 9 3 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 15 15 1 2 3 12 2 11 11 9 2 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 16 1 2 2 13 1 12 12 9 2 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 12 16 2 3 3 11 2 13 11 7 3 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 13 17 2 2 3 11 2 14 12 7 3 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 14 16 2 2 3 12 2 14 13 6 3 5 5
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 16 1 1 2 12 1 10 10 10 2 9 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 3 14 15 2 3 3 12 3 11 11 9 3 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 15 15 1 2 3 12 2 11 11 9 2 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 16 1 2 2 13 1 12 12 9 2 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 12 16 2 3 3 11 2 13 11 7 3 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 13 17 2 2 3 11 2 14 12 7 3 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 14 16 2 2 3 12 2 14 13 6 3 5 5
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 16 1 1 2 12 1 10 10 10 2 9 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 3 14 15 2 3 3 12 3 11 11 9 3 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 15 15 1 2 3 12 2 11 11 9 2 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 16 1 2 2 13 1 12 12 9 2 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 12 16 2 3 3 11 2 13 11 7 3 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 13 17 2 2 3 11 2 14 12 7 3 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 14 16 2 2 3 12 2 14 13 6 3 5 5
  7. (transitive, idiomatic, UK, Ireland) To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving. Tags: Ireland, UK, idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Automotive 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 Disambiguation of Automotive: 8 7 8 5 7 8 7 5 6 7 12 8 6 6 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 16 1 1 2 12 1 10 10 10 2 9 8 Disambiguation of 'to aggressively move in front of another vehicle': 0 4 2 2 2 3 78 4 3 1
  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

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          "text": "The locomotive involved in the derailment of the 4.33 a.m. train from Ruabon to Barmouth on the night of October 6, due to the bursting of the banks of the Shropshire Union Canal near Llangollen, was 2-6-0 No. 6315; the position into which the locomotive fell so completely defied all attempts to re-rail it that it was cut up on the spot.",
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          "text": "I had been cutting up some caper or other—I think it was trying to crawl up the chimney, as I had seen a little sweep do a few days previous; and my stepmother who, somehow or other, was all the time whipping me, or sending me to bed supperless,—my mother dragged me by the legs out of the chimney and packed me off to bed, though it was only two o’clock in the afternoon of the 21st June, the longest day in the year in our hemisphere.",
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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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        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Richard Hunter, Righteous Indignation: Driving Psychology, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 42:",
          "text": "If you are a victim of Road Rage, this normally means you may have inadvertently cut someone up on the road, or he may perceive that you have cut him up.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Jane M. Ussher, Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body, Routledge, →ISBN, 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 2007, “Jones” (former police officer; possible pseudonym), quoted in Tom Rennie, Governors, Guns and Money, Lulu.com, page 78",
          "text": "One night coming home from work, I was driving through a quiet housing estate and had a driver cut me up. I had my window open, and mouthed some obscenity towards him."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving."
      ],
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        [
          "aggressively",
          "aggressively"
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      ],
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        "(transitive, idiomatic, UK, Ireland) To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving."
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        {
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "cut off"
        }
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        "Ireland",
        "UK",
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
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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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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disintegrate; to break into pieces."
      ],
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          "disintegrate"
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        "(intransitive) To disintegrate; to break into pieces."
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        "intransitive"
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        "English slang",
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        {
          "ref": "1848, William Makepeace Thackery, The History of Pendennis:",
          "text": "When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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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        "(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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        "dated",
        "slang"
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        "en:Motor racing"
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        {
          "text": "The race has cut up badly with no real opposition to \"Serendipity\".",
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        "Comprise a particular selection of runners."
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        [
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          "motor racing"
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        "(informal, motor racing) Comprise a particular selection of runners."
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        "informal"
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "motor-racing",
        "racing",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "opsny"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "paloitella"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "zerschneiden"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "zerteilen"
    },
    {
      "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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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anatémnō",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "ἀνατέμνω"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "brytja"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "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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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrezatʹ",
      "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",
      "topics": [
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "trinchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "destazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "word": "retazar"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut into smaller pieces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "retacear"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podrezatʹ",
      "sense": "to aggressively move in front of another vehicle",
      "word": "подрезать"
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        "Having been cut into smaller pieces."
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          "text": "He is cut up pretty bad.",
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    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        "Emotionally upset; mentally distressed."
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        "(idiomatic, UK, Australia) Emotionally upset; mentally distressed."
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          "word": "miserable"
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          "word": "unhappy"
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          "word": "sad"
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          "text": "I go to the gym to get stronger and cut up.",
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        "Muscular and lean."
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        "(informal) Muscular and lean."
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