cutup
Always cracking jokes
A cutup is someone who clowns around or acts silly to get laughs, especially in settings where seriousness is expected: He was always the cutup in class.
The term is mildly affectionate rather than critical.
As two words, cut up means to slice into pieces or, informally, to behave in this joking manner: Stop cutting up and pay attention.
Someone who plays tricks
- jokesterHabitual humor-maker
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- jokerCutup or wild card
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
buffoon · antic · wiseguy · goofball · comedian · class clown · showoff · horseplay
Assembled sequence of images
- papercraftMaking things from paper
- scrapbookBook for preserving mementos
- decoupageGlued cutout decoration art
- assemblageCollected group of things
photomontage · pasteup · snippets · clippings · scissors · glue · layering · juxtaposition
Governed by chance
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- disjunctiveExpressing mutual exclusion
recontextualization · intertextuality · deconstruction · experimental · chance · recombination
Controlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- sutureMedical wound closure
laparotomy · biopsy · excision · sectioning · cauterize · stitches · operating · sterile
prankster
Someone who plays tricks
trickster · buffoon · antic · wiseguy · goofball · comedian · class clown · showoff · horseplay · tomfoolery
montage
Assembled sequence of images
- papercraftMaking things from paper
- scrapbookBook for preserving mementos
- decoupageGlued cutout decoration art
assemblage · photomontage · pasteup · snippets · clippings · scissors · glue · layering · juxtaposition · bricolage
aleatory
Governed by chance
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- nonlinearNot in sequence
disjunctive · recontextualization · intertextuality · deconstruction · experimental · chance · recombination
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
suture · laparotomy · biopsy · excision · sectioning · cauterize · stitches · operating · sterile · tissue
carving
Shaping by cutting away
fillet · dice · mince · chop · quarter · joint · slab · meat · trimming · carcass
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic
- humoristshumorists, wits, satirists, comics, comedians
- happy peoplehappy camper, smiler, grinner, tickled pink, happy-go-lucky
- remixesremix, mashup, mix, extended mix, club mix
- Witswit, humorist, satirist, quipster, punster
cutupsobersides
Habitually serious person
stuffed shirt · stick-in-the-mud · killjoy · wet blanket · sourpuss
cut, cutting, haircut, cuts, uncut, cutter, cutback, cuttings, cutters