cut up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === cut up (third-person singular simple present cuts up, present participle cutting up, simple past and past participle cut up) (intransitive, literally) To cut upward. (transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections. (transitive, informal) To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting. (transitive, idiomatic) To distress mentally or emotionally. (transitive, idiomatic, dated) To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism. (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. (transitive, idiomatic, UK, Ireland) To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving. Synonym: (US) cut off a. 2007, “Jones” (former police officer; possible pseudonym), quoted in Tom Rennie, Governors, Guns and Money, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 78: 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. (intransitive) To disintegrate; to break into pieces. (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. (informal, motor racing) Comprise a particular selection of runners. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === cut up (comparative more cut up, superlative most cut up) Having been cut into smaller pieces. Wounded with multiple lacerations. (idiomatic, UK, Australia) Emotionally upset; mentally distressed. Synonyms: miserable, unhappy; see also Thesaurus:sad (slang, informal) Muscular and lean. === Anagrams === upcut