kickup

noun kick·up \ ˈkik-ˌəp \

|Updated on: 11 Aug 2018

Examples: kickup in a Sentence

Definition of kickup

: a noisy quarrel : row

Examples of kickup in a Sentence

after their last kickup, they didn't speak to each other for a week

First Known Use of kickup

circa 1793

in the meaning defined above

See Words from the same year

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kick up

verb

Definition of kick up

transitive verb

1 : to cause to rise upward

clouds of dust kicked up by passing cars

2 : to stir up : provoke

kick up a fuss

intransitive verb

: to give evidence of disorder

Recent Examples of kick up from the Web

The collection, which includes shirts, tops, jackets, and bags mostly made of denim features one of the brand’s most memorable images from the ’80s: Brooke Shields kicking up a leg as shot by Richard Avedon.

— aubri juhasz, The Cut, "Calvin Klein’s New Label Is a Nostalgic Throwback," 13 July 2018
But kicking up your contributions shouldn't stretch you so thin that you're financially strapped in the present.

— marianne hayes, Redbook, "How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire?," 9 July 2018
Somewhere around 2006–2007, after the release of their album Black Holes and Revelations, things kicked up a notch and they were catapulted into A-list-band territory.

— tom philip, GQ, "It’s Time to Admit You Love Muse," 5 July 2018
Now, as dust kicks up from Mono Lake, authorities in the Eastern Sierra are once again blaming that water-craving metropolis about 350 miles to the south.

— louis sahagun, latimes.com, "A changing climate at Mono Lake could mean more dust storms in the Eastern Sierra — or less water for L.A.," 5 July 2018
But instead, they were stuck out on the water when the storm turned bad, kicking up waves big enough to swamp the 16-foot aluminum vessel.

— keri blakinger, Houston Chronicle, "Mother, 14-year-old son found floating in Lake Livingston after 7-hour search," 4 July 2018
The plaza was gated off for the occasion, leaving curious passersby straining for glimpses within, as the song's familiar riff kicked up again and again.

— brian mccollum, Detroit Free Press, "'Amazing Race' films in Detroit; teams rappel down Guardian Building," 3 July 2018
The object, according to the research, is likely closer to two Earth masses, as this would have kicked up more of the gas and dust that went on to form the inner Uranian moons.

— john wenz, Popular Mechanics, "We Might Finally Know What Smacked Uranus Sideways," 2 July 2018
The victim told police one of the suspects pointed a gun at the victims and shot it into the ground, kicking up shrapnel that injured one person's leg, records said.

— elliot hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Drug deal gone bad leads to shots fired, pistol whipping in Oak Creek," 13 June 2018

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