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
• 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

• 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
• 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
• The vegetable can play the same role in outdoor cooking, but needs to be cut up first.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
• This style takes boyfriend cut up a notch with a more dramatic width and length.
  — Tyler Joe, Marie Claire, 12 Aug. 2019
• Hilliard found some space to cut up field on a handoff shown below.
  — cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• She was violently thrown to the ground and her legs got cut up.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• Democrats were afraid their districts would be cut up into a lot of pieces.
  — Jonathan Lai, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• It’s most commonly made with the whole bird, cut up and sold by the piece in restaurants and street food stalls.
  — Michelle Tchea, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2023
• Like, artists are making songs to be cut up for TikTok.
  — David Marchese, New York Times, 10 July 2022
• In one video, Gökçe cuts up slabs of beef for Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
  — Gaby Del Valle, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018
• Bourdain and Mario Batali came on stage to present an award, both cutting up.
  — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 8 June 2018
• Did take some time to cut up all of the veggies, so allow a little more time than the recipe calls for.
  — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2023
• Doe held up a pair of scissors and threatened to cut up Roe’s purse, the lawsuit alleges.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2024
• To mulch leaves, use a lawn mower or leaf shredder to cut up your leaves into small pieces and then pile them up around your plants.
  — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024