cut up

/kʌt ʌp/
noun
  1. A person who behaves in a playful or mischievous way, often to make others laugh.
    • The class clown was known as a real cut-up during school assemblies.
    • Even at work, she's a cut-up who keeps everyone smiling.
    • My little brother is such a cut-up; he's always telling jokes.
adjective
  1. Feeling very upset, hurt, or distressed about something.
    • She was really cut-up after failing the exam.
    • Don't be so cut-up about the mistake; everyone makes them.
    • He looked cut-up when he heard the bad news.
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