Meaning
A somersault — turning head over heels. To 'cut a puppa-lick' is to do a somersault or a flip, whether a child tumbling joyfully on the grass, an acrobat's roll, or someone knocked so hard by a blow that they go head over heels. It is also used figuratively when things turn topsy-turvy, when a situation flips right over. A vivid, playful word, it names the whole tumbling, upside-down motion, from the child's exuberant flip to the violent knock that sends a person sprawling heels over head.
Examples
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Di pickney cut puppa-lick pon di grass.
The child did somersaults on the grass.
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Di lick send him a cut puppa-lick.
The blow sent him head over heels.
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Watch mi cut a puppa-lick!
Watch me do a somersault!
Origin
A Jamaican word for a somersault, of uncertain (likely playful) origin. See [[stucky]].
How it’s used
A somersault/flip; 'cut a puppa-lick' = turn head over heels. See [[tumble-dung]].