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cutup

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkʌtˌʌp/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: class clown; good-time Charlie; prankster

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: class clown, good-time Charlie, prankster

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A work produced by the aleatory literary technique of cutting up and rearranging a written text to create a new text.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: literature, media, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Deverbal from cut up.