cut up
adjective
• (of soft ground) rutted and uneven after the passage of heavy vehicles or animals.
• (of a person) very distressed.
• "she was pretty cut up about them leaving"
Similar:
upset,
distressed,
miserable,
unhappy,
sad,
troubled,
dismayed,
saddened,
grieved,
hurt,
devastated,
traumatized,
in a state,
in a bad way,
cut up
noun
• a film or sound recording made by cutting and editing material from pre-existing recordings.
• "the band use old movie and televangelist cut ups and rap-influenced vocals"
• a person who is fond of making jokes or playing the fool.
• "she insists she was ‘never a class cut-up’, but her sister was always pretty funny"
cut up
• divide something into pieces with a sharp implement.
• "I sat in the kitchen and peeled and cut up potatoes"
• drive aggressively into the path of another driver while overtaking.
• "he was threatened with a baseball bat after cutting up another driver"
• criticize someone severely.
• "my kids cut him up about his appetite all the time"
• behave in a naughty or unruly way.
• "where I was raised, when somebody saw you cutting up, they went to you and disciplined you, and then told your parents"
• (of a racecourse or sports pitch) become churned up.
• "the course cut up badly"
• (of a horse race) have a particular selection of runners.
• "the race has cut up badly with no other opposition from England"
