cut up

Language: en

Meaning: (intransitive,literally)To cutupward.; (transitive)Tocutintosmallerpieces,parts, orsections.With a little practice, you cancut upa whole chicken yourself for frying.1946January and February, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: G.W.R.”, inRailway Magazine, page55:The locomotive involved in the derailment of the 4.33 a.m. train from Ruabon to Barmouth on the night of October 6, due to the bursting of the banks of the Shropshire Union Canal near Llangollen, was 2-6-0 No. 6315; the position into which the locomotive fell so completely defied all attempts to re-rail it that it wascut upon the spot.; (transitive,informal)Tolacerate; towoundbymultiplelacerations; toinjureordamageby cutting, or as if by cutting.The attackerscuthimuppretty bad.1976February 14, Tommi Avicolli, Miguel Pinero, “Miguel Pinero: Prisoner, Playwright, God”, inGay Community News, volume 3, number33, page16:I oncecuta guyupbecause he was making advances to a kid that I was very much in love with.; (transitive,idiomatic)Todistressmentally or emotionally.1843December 19,Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, inA Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London:Chapman & Hall,[…],→OCLC:And even Scrooge was not so dreadfullycut upby the sad event[…]; (transitive,idiomatic,dated)To severelycriticizeorcensure; to subject tohostilecriticism.The reviewercut upthe book mercilessly.1848November –1850December,William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 51, inThe History of Pendennis.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1849–1850,→OCLC:“I didn’t mean any offence—beg pardon—hang it, youcut upquite savage,” said Pen’s astonished interlocutor.; (intransitive,idiomatic)To behave like aclownorjokester(acut-up); tomisbehave; to act in aplayful,comical,boisterous, orunrulymanner to elicit laughter, attention, etc.We need to talk about Johnny's tendency tocut upin class.1851November 14,Herman Melville, chapter 4, inMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers; London:Richard Bentley,→OCLC,page28:I had beencutting upsome caper or other—I think it was trying to crawl up the chimney, as I had seen a little sweep do a few days previous; and my stepmother who, somehow or other, was all the time whipping me, or sending me to bed supperless,—my mother dragged me by the legs out of the chimney and packed me off to bed, though it was only two o’clock in the afternoon of the 21st June, the longest day in the year in our hemisphere.; (transitive,idiomatic,UK,Ireland)To moveaggressivelyin front of another vehicle while driving.Synonym:(US)cut off2005, Richard Hunter,Righteous Indignation: Driving Psychology, AuthorHouse,→ISBN,page42:If you are a victim of Road Rage, this normally means you may have inadvertentlycutsomeoneupon the road, or he may perceive that you havecuthimup.2006, Jane M. Ussher,Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body, Routledge,→ISBN,page170:The third gave an account of losing her temper in traffic, after beingcut upby another driver, then bursting into tears.a.2007, “Jones” (former police officer; possible pseudonym), quoted in Tom Rennie,Governors, Guns and Money, Lulu.com,→ISBN,page 78:One night coming home from work, I was driving through a quiet housing estate and had a drivercutmeup. I had my window open, and mouthed some obscenity towards him.; (intransitive)Todisintegrate; to break into pieces.2012May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, inthe Guardian‎[1]:The first match in the magnificent new national stadium was a Euro 2012 qualifier between Romania and France that soon descended into farce as the pitchcut upand players struggled to maintain their footing. Amorebieta at times seemed to be paying homage to that game, but nobody else seemed to have a problem; it was just that Falcao was far better than him.; (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.1848, William Makepeace Thackery,The History of Pendennis:When I die, may Icut upas well as Morgan Pendennis.; (informal,motor racing)Comprise a particular selection of runners.The race hascut upbadly with no real opposition to "Serendipity".

Examples:

EN: Oh, I get it, you little cut up.
ES: Ya te pillo, amigo.
EN: Joe just had an accident with his car, cut up a little, that's all.
ES: Joe acaba de tener un accidente con su coche. Poca cosa, nada más.
EN: His face was all cut up.
ES: Tenía toda la cara cortada.
EN: - No need to get so cut up!
ES: - ¡No hay necesidad de ello!
EN: Gonna have it cut up into town lots. Oh, he'll make a million dollars out of it. Oh, it's a cinch.
ES: Va a vender los terrenos y a sacar una millonada.
EN: Yes, he was pretty cut up about it.
ES: Sí, por eso estaba tan acobardado.
EN: That'll teach her not to cut up didoes.
ES: Así aprenderá a no hacer tonterías.
EN: Yes, but loyalties cut up against each other sometimes, you know.
ES: Sí, pero a veces las lealtades se olvidan, ¿sabes?
EN: - That kid's cut up pretty bad, ain't he?
ES: - El pequeño está bien cuidado.
EN: We'll cut up and have a swell time.
ES: Lo dejaremos todo y nos divértiremos.
EN: But when we do cut up the dough?
ES: - Pero, ¿cuándo nos repartimos la pasta?
EN: No, they just get hooked, cut up and fried.
ES: No, sólo los pescan, cortan y fríen.
EN: Certain noble animal, Cat of Hell... always cut up when strangers near... unless Lake is present.
ES: Cierto noble animal de nombre feroz... siempre se desboca cuando hay extraños cerca... a menos que Lake esté presente.
EN: - He cut up Flem Talley.
ES: -Cortó a Flem Talley.
EN: That's sort of novelty, Herman, the barber getting cut up.
ES: Eso es toda una novedad, Herman, que corten al peluquero.

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