cutup
a prankster or show-off.
Origin of cutup
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How to use cutup in a sentence
She was known in the large family as the goofy one, a cutup since a child when she would perform nightly skits.
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British Dictionary definitions for cut up
to cut into pieces
to inflict injuries on
(usually passive) informal to affect the feelings of deeply
informal to subject to severe criticism
informal (of a driver) to overtake or pull in front of (another driver) in a dangerous manner
cut up rough British informal to become angry or bad-tempered
informal, mainly US a joker or prankster
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cutup
Divide into smaller parts, break the continuity of, as in These meetings have cut up my whole day. [c. 1800]
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