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cut up shines

cut up shines verb: to play pranks.

Verb

cut up shines (third-person singular simple present cuts up shines, present participle cutting up shines, simple past and past participle cut up shines)

  1. (US, dated, slang) To play pranks.

Forms of cut up shines

third-person singular presentcuts up shines
present participlecutting up shines
past participlecut up shines
pastcut up shines

Questions about cut up shines

What does cut up shines mean?
Cut up shines means to play pranks.
What part of speech is cut up shines?
Cut up shines is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut up shines?
The past tense of cut up shines is cut up shines.

Words near cut up shines in the dictionary

  1. cut under
  2. cut up
  3. cut up nasty
  4. cut up rough
  5. cut up shapes
  6. cut up shines
  7. cut wind
  8. cut with a knife and fork
  9. cut work
  10. cut works
  11. cut-and-come-again

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