cutup

Example Sentences

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A slightly awkward cutup, she betrays some of the same resistance that Louise has shown when thrust against her will into yet another inane kiddie act.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

She was the candid cutup they’d like to have on speed-dial.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

People dressed in all black wielding shields of cutup trash cans formed a barricade around the Quad to protect the encampment against possible counterprotesters.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

He was a notorious cutup, a mimic and the proud author of “class yells”: “Cooma laca, booma laca,/Bow wow wow —/Chingalaca, chingalaca,/Chow, Chow, Chow.”

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2021

Last time I saw her cutup she side-slipped without any explanation for it.

From The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by Driscoll, James R. [pseud.]