# cut up

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To cut upward.
2. To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections.
3. To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting.
4. To distress mentally or emotionally.
5. To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism.
6. 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.
7. To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving.
8. To disintegrate; to break into pieces.
9. 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.
10. Comprise a particular selection of runners.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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