cut up

Definitions

1. 1

   To cut upward.

2. 2

   To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections.

   • With a little practice, you can cut up a whole chicken yourself for frying.
3. 3

   To lacerate

   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.
   • I once cut a guy up because he was making advances to a kid that I was very much in love with.
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   1. 4

      To distress mentally or emotionally.

      • And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event[…]
   2. 5

      To severely criticize or censure

      To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism.

      • The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.
      • “I didn’t mean any offence—beg pardon—hang it, you cut up quite savage,” said Pen’s astonished interlocutor.
   3. 6

      To behave like a clown or jokester (a cut-up)

      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.
   4. 7

      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.
      • The third gave an account of losing her temper in traffic, after being cut up by another driver, then bursting into tears.
      • 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.
   5. 8

      To disintegrate

      To disintegrate; to break into pieces.

   6. 9

      To divide into portions well or badly

      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.
   7. 10

      Comprise a particular selection of runners.

      • The race has cut up badly with no real opposition to "Serendipity".
   8. 11

      Having been cut into smaller pieces.

      • Put the cut up vegetables in the pot.
   9. 12

      Wounded with multiple lacerations.

      • He is cut up pretty bad.
   10. 13

       Emotionally upset

       Emotionally upset; mentally distressed.

       • She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing.
   11. 14

       Muscular and lean.

       • I go to the gym to get stronger and cut up.

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