verb
1.
Synonyms: criticize , censure, condemn, denounce, knock, pan, rap, reprehend, reprobate, skin
2.
to behave in a boisterously comic or unruly manner
children cutting up in front of company
Synonyms: act up, carry on, horse, horseplay
Related Word: caper, cavort, romp; clown; show off; roughhouse; misbehave
Idioms: cut a dido ( or shine), cut up rough, ||kick up a shindy, raise Cain ( or Ned), whoop it up