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

• Peeling, seeding, and cutting up hard winter squash is about as much fun as cleaning the stove.
  — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• Our young chefs love to practice their knife skills so everyone pitched in to cut up the vegetables and get them in the roasting pan.
  — Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Proceed to cut up remaining meat into 1½- to 2-inch squares that are about 1 inch thick and place in bowl.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2018
• But that move came too late for some families, who were devastated to learn that their relatives were cut up after death.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
• What does everyone else need to be watching / reading / playing / baking / cutting up with scissors this week?
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2024
• The scrunchies look as if Kate Moss’s silky slip dresses were cut up then ruched into the perfect hair accessory.
  — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 13 Mar. 2018
• There may be a few upsets, some people just angry and not every announcer, analyst, reporter or host makes the cut or gets cut up.
  — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 24 Feb. 2018
• Disaster Relief chainsaw crews from around the nation converged on Buffalo as the city had to dig out of the snow and cut up a hurricane-style tree mess.
  — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Checking out the body transformation of Oladipo over the summer, that’s the benefit of being in the locker room with other guys who are just as cut up or just as athletic.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2018
• As The Firearm Blog points out, Pappalardo later posted another picture of the rifle cut up into three pieces.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2018
• Its funding has fluctuated in the last decade, including a set of smaller cuts up to $5.3 million and a partial restoration of $4.1 million about five years ago.
  — Elizabeth Koh, miamiherald, 1 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Elizabeth Gonzalez said one individual was seen cutting up an animal.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2018
• 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
• One woman cut up her wedding dress and made a book of it.
  — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• The saw was great for trimming around camp and even cutting up the medium size logs around the fire.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 13 June 2018
• And the Browns offense cut up the Titans defense, who seemed confused of the half.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• After cutting up to the pencil lines the waste piece will still be attached to the stringer.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024