cut-up
3
7.8
- noun
- /ˈkʌtˌʌp/
- Archaic
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- At parties, Jake is the biggest cut-up, entertaining us with his hilarious antics.
Now, lots of narcissistic folks get by on being sort of the cut up, the class clown, the Joker, the irreverent comic, the dark humorist.
- Now, lots of narcissistic folks get by on being sort of the cut up, the class clown, the Joker, the irreverent comic, the dark humorist.
Examples
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She's known as a cut-up because she loves to play pranks on everyone.
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THAT BOY IS A CUT-UP!
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All those guys I cut up at school, never found a soul inside.
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My mom, she used to talk about y'all all the time about how y'all used to cut up at work.
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She's a big cut-up, so I can see her doing something like that.
Academic text (2014) -
Throughout his long life, he's been something of a cut-up.
Blog text (6) -
Everett is a cut-up, always making his friends laugh with his jokes.
Synonyms
43
7.4
A person who acts in a silly way to make others laugh
24
4.1
A person who plays tricks on people to make them laugh
23
7.5
A silly person who acts funny to make others laugh
16
3.5
A person who jokes and teases others to make them laugh
7
4.4
A person who often makes other people laugh
4
3.9
A person who plays funny tricks on other people
1
8.8
A person who makes jokes to make others laugh
A person who plays tricks on other people
A person who plays tricks to embarrass or fool other people
Antonyms
How Playful
24
4.1
- Archaic
3
7.8
35
2.4
2
6.0
- Offensive
69
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cut-up comes from the phrase cut up, which came to mean 'behave in a silly or funny way'. So, a cut-up is a person who loves to 'play jokes and make people laugh'.