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What does cut up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cut up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections.
  2. (transitive, informal) To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To distress mentally or emotionally.
  4. (transitive, idiomatic, dated) To severely criticize or censure; to subject to hostile criticism.
  5. (intransitive, idiomatic) 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.
  6. (transitive, idiomatic, Britain) To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving. US: cut off.
  7. (intransitive) Disintegrate; break into bits.
  8. (slang, dated) 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.
  9. (informal, racing) Comprise a particular selection of runners.
Adjective
  1. Having been cut into smaller pieces.
  2. Wounded with multiple lacerations.
  3. (idiomatic, Britain, Australia) Emotionally upset; mentally distressed.
  4. (informal) Muscular and lean.
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