cutup

cutup
noun Date: 1843 a person who clowns or acts boisterously

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  • Cutup — For the cut up technique of rearranging text, see Cut up technique. Cutup is a group of London based artists, whose work mainly revolves around the manipulation of billboard advertisements. Their first works consisted of removing a billboard,… …   Wikipedia

  • cutup — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: cut up : one that cuts up and clowns or acts boisterously : show off * * * /kut up /, n. Informal. a prankster or show off. [1775 85; n. use of v. phrase cut up] * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • cutup — /kut up /, n. Informal. a prankster or show off. [1775 85; n. use of v. phrase cut up] * * * …   Universalium

  • cutup — noun Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes Syn: class clown, prankster …   Wiktionary

  • cutup — Synonyms and related words: bad boy, banana, booger, buffoon, bugger, burlesquer, caricaturist, carouser, clown, comedian, comic, contestant, devil, elf, enfant terrible, epigrammatist, farceur, frisker, frolicker, funmaker, funnyman, gag writer …   Moby Thesaurus

  • cutup — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who causes minor trouble or damage: devil, imp, mischief, prankster, rascal, rogue, scamp. See GOOD …   English dictionary for students

  • cutup — n. showoff, boaster, braggart …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cutup — cut•up [[t]ˈkʌtˌʌp[/t]] n. Informal. inf a prankster or show off • Etymology: 1775–85 …   From formal English to slang

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