Sekirov Dictionary

cut up

verb 10
adjective 4
forms 4

verb10

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To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections.
- With a little practice, you can cut up a whole chicken yourself for frying.
To disintegrate; to break into pieces.
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(informal) To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting.
- The attackers cut him up pretty bad.
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(UK, Ireland) To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving.
- 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. — 2005
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To distress mentally or emotionally.
- And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event[…] — 1843
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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.
- We need to talk about Johnny's tendency to cut up in class.
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(old-fashioned) To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism.
- The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.
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(informal) Comprise a particular selection of runners.
- The race has cut up badly with no real opposition to "Serendipity".
To cut upward.
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(slang, old-fashioned) 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.
- When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis. — 1848

adjective4

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Having been cut into smaller pieces.
- Put the cut up vegetables in the pot.
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(UK, Australia) Emotionally upset; mentally distressed.
- She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing.
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Wounded with multiple lacerations.
- He is cut up pretty bad.
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(informal, slang) Muscular and lean.
- I go to the gym to get stronger and cut up.

forms

cutting up · cuts up · more cut up · most cut up

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