How to Use cutup in a Sentence

cutup

1 of 2 noun

• In school he was always a cutup, telling jokes and acting silly.
• And most of the plays from the second cutup were from the second half.
  — Erin Sorensen, ajc, 13 Sep. 2017
• There are video cutups of him training in the sand, going through his steps.
  — Rainer Sabin | [e-mail], al, 5 Sep. 2019
• Once the cutup in all those pictures, Sandi now kept her arms pinned to her sides.
  — cleveland.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• Coach Mike McDaniel had a video cutup made of other poor attempts at doing the dance and showed it to the team.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
• The sound bytes were so entertaining that McCartney made a cutup of all of them.
  — cleveland, 10 Jan. 2021
• Place the first three cutup potatoes in a layer in a big bowl, then layer about a third of the onions, peppers and Chinese celery on top.
  — Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2017
• According to Granofsky, the Ravens have a fan cutup of him for current games.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• In between the elongated cutups, there are priceless comedic bits.
  — Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2018
• Gillespie, a notorious cutup, stuck his tongue out just as the camera’s shutter came down.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
• Lochte is as spontaneous as Phelps is serious, coming across as the cutup to Phelps’s cutthroat competitor.
  — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2016
• Civilian Adele is a cutup, relentlessly self-effacing, and always taking the piss out of herself.
  — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2021
• One shoe, made from a cutup Audubon magazine, features fragmented images of flamingos.
  — Washington Post, 26 May 2021
• Because astronauts would likely not be hauling vermiculite from Earth but might have cardboard boxes, Guinan also tried mixing cutup cardboard into the Martian soil.
  — Author: Kenneth Chang, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2018
• Because astronauts would likely not be hauling vermiculite from Earth but might have cardboard boxes, Dr. Guinan also tried mixing cutup cardboard into the Martian soil.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
• His tape speaks for itself, big brother’s cutups of as dominating an interior offensive lineman as college football’s seen in years.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
• Shanahan tasked McVay with binding playbooks, making copies, scribbling out play sheets and organizing cutups of opposing defenses.
  — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 23 Aug. 2019

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cut up

2 of 2 verb

• The peppers and onion can be cut up up to 2 days ahead.
  — Woman's Day, 1 Jan. 2012
• Nothing needs to be cut up too precisely, just a rough chop is fine.
  — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit, 5 Sep. 2017
• Sometimes they are cut up and sold as sea scallops, says Cufone.
  — Rachel Clark, Good Housekeeping, 12 July 2017
• Now imagine if the film strip were cut up into frames and the frames shuffled randomly.
  — Paul Davies, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2014
• But we still would've avoided cutting up a blazer and then gluing the pieces to an oversize burp cloth.
  — The Fug Girls, Cosmopolitan, 29 Aug. 2016
• They're either sold off or given away to foreign countries, or cut up and sold to scrap merchants.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2016
• The tiny brains of the scout bees (as well as non-scouts) were cut up and examined to see which of their genes were working hardest.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2012
• And past paintings, too, could be recycled, cut up and then reenlisted for new images.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
• Work included cutting up about 100 pounds of onions, Glasshagel said.
  — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 5 Sep. 2017
• Consider mixing in some cut up hot peppers for extra deer-deterring power.
  — Larell Scardelli, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2017
• Cut Out the Backbone Start with the tail area and cut up on either side of the spine, all the way up to either side of the neck.
  — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 27 June 2017
• The coats that the department stores were cutting up to make coonskin hats were holdovers from a fad that flourished in the 1920s.
  — Jennifer Le Zotte, Smithsonian, 8 Feb. 2017
• The aluminum body keeps these Abel pliers light, and the steel cutting blades are sturdy enough to cut up to 250-pound braided wire.
  — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2015
• Bonobos are not considered to be family friendly, despite the fact that children can see people cut up, blown up and shot before 8pm on television.
  — Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2010
• Ingredients 1 quart cold water 1 large lemon, sliced, wedged, or cut upSweetener to taste: Stevia, honey, etc.
  — Cincinnati.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• Make a small cut up to the rind to set the wedge on the rim of the glass.
  — Rebekah Peppler, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Hanlen cut up the video and showed LaVine the source of the problem.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2021
• Stir the eggs in the bowl to cut up the curds a bit, then return them to the pan.
  — The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Is there a right and wrong way to cut up the cabbage for the slaw?
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 17 June 2022
• Both the hat and shoes had been cut up, the police said, and the shoes had blood on them.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2022
• Just cut up some pears, brie, and manchego, and stock up on two jars.
  — Christa Guerra, Bon Appétit, 16 Jan. 2020
• Both the hat and shoes had been cut up, police said, and the shoes had blood on them.
  — Mike Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022
• So, to cut down on conflict, maybe just crank up the bass and cut up the dance floor.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2022
• Lamar Sperling read his blocks, cut up the middle and raced to the right edge of the end zone.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2021
• Now make two cuts across and about five cuts up and down to create large chunks.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• This track would play and the crowd would go ballistic, and the DJs would be cutting up the break.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 29 June 2018
• Sampson cut up the sideline then turned back to the middle of the field which was wide open for him.
  — Jason Russell, NOLA.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• Crews from the city came out and used chainsaws to cut up the tree segments that were blocking the road.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 29 May 2021
• Williams, of course, ignored the ban, cut up some fabric and sewed clothes for her dolls.
  — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 19 June 2018
• Bina even lets her, get this, cut up the cucumbers in her kitchen.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025