Definition of "cut up" in English

Verb

1. To cut upward.

2. To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections.

   • With a little practice, you can cut up a whole chicken yourself for frying.

3. To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting.

   • The attackers cut him up pretty bad.

4. To distress mentally or emotionally.

5. To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism.

   • The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.

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.

   • We need to talk about Johnny's tendency to cut up in class.

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.

    • The race has cut up badly with no real opposition to "Serendipity".

Adjective

1. Having been cut into smaller pieces.

   • Put the cut up vegetables in the pot.

2. Wounded with multiple lacerations.

   • He is cut up pretty bad.

3. Emotionally upset; mentally distressed.

   • She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing.

4. Muscular and lean.

   • I go to the gym to get stronger and cut up.