Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who plays practical jokes on others; a prankster: A "cut-up" is someone who enjoys making jokes, often of a physical or mischievous nature, to amuse or surprise people, sometimes by disrupting a situation.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • My brother is such a cut-up; he put a fake spider in my lunchbox.
  • The class cut-up was always getting into trouble for his jokes.
  • Don't be such a cut-up during the serious meeting.

Advanced Usage

• Used informally to describe a person whose characteristic behavior is being jocular and disruptive.
  • He earned a reputation as the office cut-up.

Variants and Related Words

• Cut up (verb phrase): To behave in a clownish or mischievous way; to joke or fool around.
  • The students started to cut up as soon as the teacher left the room.
• Cutup (alternative spelling): A less common spelling of the noun "cut-up."

Synonyms

• Prankster: A person who plays tricks.
• Joker: A person who jokes, especially habitually.
• Trickster: A person who deceives or plays tricks.
• Clown: A person who acts comically or foolishly.

Related Idioms

• To be a cut-up: To have the characteristic of a joker or prankster.
  • Everyone knows he's a cut-up, so we weren't surprised by the prank.

Noun

1. someone who plays practical jokes on others