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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuht
Phonetic Transcription : kʌt



Définition of cut-up

Origin :
  • 1520s, "gash, incision," from cut (v.); meaning "piece cut off" is from 1590s; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1560s.
  • noun joker
Example sentences :
  • The crowds shouted, yelled, sang and cut-up all kinds of antics.
  • Extract from : « The Delta of the Triple Elevens » by William Elmer Bachman
  • This was a big herd, said Chet, eying the cut-up sod seriously.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Boys on the Plains » by Jay Winthrop Allen
  • I believe I'm to be a sort of 'cut-up' country maid, in some of the plays.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm » by Laura Lee Hope
  • There was a man wanted her ever so, and seemed as cut-up as never was when she said no.
  • Extract from : « The Farringdons » by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
  • Oh, he was a regular "cut-up" when he was by himself, that Monkey was.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Monkey on a Stick » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Would you believe that woman is the cut-up of the top floor?
  • Extract from : « Cheerful--By Request » by Edna Ferber
  • “And you stop trying to stir up a rumpus, Miss,” commanded Laura, to the cut-up.
  • Extract from : « The Girls of Central High in Camp » by Gertrude W. Morrison
  • To every pound of cut-up fruit add a pint of water and let it stand over night.
  • Extract from : « Ethel Morton's Enterprise » by Mabell S.C. Smith
  • Curious that he should pull off that cut-up stuff there, infernally risky I call it.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of Conflict » by Emilie Baker Loring
  • Em is a cut-up, all right, and she's a great one for a josh with the boys, but she's as straight as a string!
  • Extract from : « The Story Of Julia Page » by Kathleen Norris

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