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Meaning of "cut-up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CUT-UP

cut-up  [ˈkʌtˌʌp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUT-UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cut-Up is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUT-UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cut-up technique

The cut-up technique is an aleatory literary technique in which a text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text. The concept can be traced to at least the Dadaists of the 1920s, but was popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by writer William S. Burroughs, and has since been used in a wide variety of contexts.

Definition of cut-up in the English dictionary

The definition of cut-up in the dictionary is a joker or prankster.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUT-UP


blow-up
ˈbləʊˌʌp
break-up
ˈbreɪkˌʌp
cleanup
ˈkliːnˌʌp
close-up
ˈkləʊsˌʌp
fit-up
ˈfɪtˌʌp
follow-up
ˈfɒləʊˌʌp
linkup
ˈlɪŋkˌʌp
look-up
ˈlʊkˌʌp
mushed-up
ˈmʌʃtˌʌp
pull-up
ˈpʊlˌʌp
put-you-up
ˈpʊtjuːˌʌp
sit-up
ˈsɪtˌʌp
speed-up
ˈspiːdˌʌp
split-up
ˈsplɪtˌʌp
step-up
ˈstɛpˌʌp
take-up
ˈteɪkˌʌp
tune-up
ˈtjuːnˌʌp
tweetup
ˈtwiːtˌʌp
warm-up
ˈwɔːmˌʌp
wind-up
ˈwaɪndˌʌp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUT-UP

cut-and-cover
cut-and-dried
cut-glass
cut-off
cut-off date
cut-off device
cut-off point
cut-off switch
cut-off valve
cut-offs
cut-out
cut-price
cut-rate
cut-throat
cut-throat razor
cut-up technique
cutability
cutaneous
cutaneously
cutaway

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUT-UP

beat-up
built-up
bust-up
dust-up
get-up
let-up
pent-up
set-up
start-up
well-brought-up
wrought-up

Synonyms and antonyms of cut-up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cut-up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUT-UP

Find out the translation of cut-up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cut-up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cut-up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

切了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cut-up
570 millions of speakers

English

cut-up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कटौती अप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قطع المتابعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нарезанные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cut-up
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুকরা টুকরা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cut-up
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

memotong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cut-up
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カットアップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

컷 - 최대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cut-up
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắt nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुटलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cut-up
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cut- up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cut-up
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нарізані
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cut- up
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cut- up
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opgesnyde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cut- up
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cut-up
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cut-up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUT-UP»

The term «cut-up» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.240 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUT-UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cut-up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUT-UP»

Discover the use of cut-up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cut-up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Easy Cut-Up Cakes for Kids
It's easy as 1-2-3 with Easy Cut-Up Cakes for Kids!
Melissa Barlow, 2007
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Easy Christmas Cut-up Cakes for Kids
A follow-up to the popular Easy Cut-Up Cakes for Kids, this book teaches children and parents to make fabulous Christmas creations from regular square, round, and 9 x 13-inch cake pans.
Melissa Barlow, 2009
3
Cut-Up Couture: Edgy Upcycled Garments to Sew
Cut-Up Couture is a cutting-edge design book that teaches how to use the copious fabric in men's clothing items to make 34 innovative garments and accessories.
Koko Yamase, 2012
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Shift Linguals: Cut-up Narratives from William S. Burroughs ...
With explorations of the works of Burroughs, Gysin, Kathy Acker, and John Giorno, it also contains the first critical writing on the works of Claude Pélieu and Carl Weissner in English, as well as the first in-depth discussion of the ...
Edward S. Robinson, 2011
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Sequencing Cut-Up Paragraphs, Grades 1 - 2: Find & Use ...
To do the activities in Sequencing Cut-Up Paragraphs, students must read fiction and nonfiction passages plus the illustrations that go along with them. 2. Students use a variety of strategies to build meaning while reading. The main strategy ...
Kelly Gunzenhauser, 2010
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Word Cultures: Radical Theory and Practice in William S. ...
In 1959 Burroughs was introduced to what would become the central device in his writing in the 1960s — the cut,up method as discovered by his friend Brion Gysin, poet and painter. Having made accidental cuts through several sheets of ...
Robin Lydenberg, 1987
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The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
Infinitive present tense -ing form past tense past participle cut up cut up & cuts up cutting up cut up cut up 1 . cut ... up p.v. When you use a knife or pair of scissors to cut something so that there are many small pieces, you cut it up. The boy's ...
Carl W. Hart, 1999
8
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: C to Fizzle
463, col. 2. Export again cut UP wretchedly in the Burwcll Stakes, which fell to Blue Glass, and one of the best of the American three-year-olds. CUT UP FAT, verbal phr. (common). — To leave a large fortune. Cf., Cut up, sense 3. 1824. T. Hook ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1891
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Naturally Gluten-Free Cooking
... onion, chopped een onion, chopped qqqqq cucumbercucumbercucumbercucumbercucumber, peeled and cut up , peeled and cut up , peeled and cut up , peeled and cut up , peeled and cut up qqqqq tttttomatomatomatomatomato, quarter o, ...
Debra Smith, 2001
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The Ticket That Exploded
In The Ticket That Exploded, William S. Burroughs’s grand “cut-up” trilogy that starts with The Soft Machine and continues through Nova Express reaches its climax as inspector Lee and the Nova Police engage the Nova Mob in a decisive ...
William S. Burroughs, 2011

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUT-UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cut-up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Making a fruit salad? Don't be such a cut-up.
When preparing fruit salad, which fruits can be cut up and tossed together in advance, and which should be chopped or added at the last ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
What is the Cut-Up Method?
As an experimental technique, the cut-up method as applied by William Burroughs in his work from the late 1950s onwards, already had a rich ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
3
Woman's dismembered body found in abandoned house in Niagara …
A woman's cut-up body was found by police in an abandoned home in Niagara Falls, N.Y., after residents complained of a foul smell. «New York Daily News, Jun 15»

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