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单词 kickups
释义

kickup

1 of 2

noun

kick·​up ˈkik-ˌəp How to pronounce kickup (audio)
: a noisy quarrel : row

kick up

2 of 2

verb

kicked up; kicking up; kicks 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

Synonyms

Noun

  • altercation
  • argle-bargle [chiefly British]
  • argument
  • argy-bargy [chiefly British]
  • battle royal
  • bicker
  • brawl
  • contretemps
  • controversy
  • cross fire
  • disagreement
  • dispute
  • donnybrook
  • falling-out
  • fight
  • hassle
  • imbroglio
  • misunderstanding
  • quarrel
  • rhubarb
  • row
  • scrap
  • set-to
  • spat
  • squabble
  • tiff
  • wrangle
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Example Sentences

Noun after their last kickup, they didn't speak to each other for a week
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Our Mustang had the Mach 1 Handling package, which raised its price by $3750 but earned its keep with gloriously sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, a rear spoiler with a cute Gurney kickup, and adjustable strut mounts. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 27 June 2022
Verb
Meanwhile the stadium alone isn’t projected to kick up enough new state revenue to fully pay back the borrowing that the state will do to pay for it. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 Some windy conditions may kick up later in the afternoon and into early evening. oregonlive, 22 June 2022 Just beyond the pristine temple grounds, tractors kick up clouds of dust in alfalfa and wheat fields. Leah Sottile, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022 Monday afternoon winds will really begin to kick up behind the storm front. Judson Jones, CNN, 22 Nov. 2021 This freed the committee and Mr. Goldston to do a rare thing in a modern congressional hearing: create a unitary narrative with a sustained argument, without one wing of the committee trying to kick up dust and derail the effort. New York Times, 22 July 2022 After that, Cook gets to work trying to perfect his handstand game, following the coaching advice to kick up slow and push away from the ground. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 19 May 2022 The idea is to kick up material and take a look at the subsurface, revealing more about the asteroid’s composition and structure. Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, 5 May 2022 The high will be around 76, and winds could kick up again in the afternoon. oregonlive, 22 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1793, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1756, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

kickups

noun

plural of kickup
as in altercations
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions after their last kickup, they didn't speak to each other for a week

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • altercations
  • disputes
  • fights
  • disagreements
  • controversies
  • bickers
  • quarrels
  • arguments
  • cross fires
  • falling-outs
  • battle royals
  • brawls
  • battle royales
  • battles royal
  • misunderstandings
  • set-tos
  • battles royale
  • skirmishes
  • clashes
  • argle-bargles
  • imbroglios
  • rows
  • spats
  • argy-bargies
  • rhubarbs
  • differences
  • squabbles
  • disputations
  • contretemps
  • wrangles
  • tiffs
  • feuds
  • debates
  • logomachies
  • fallings-out
  • scraps
  • donnybrooks
  • tangles
  • protests
  • attacks
  • hassles
  • tussles
  • protestations
  • objections
  • vendettas
  • contentions
  • mêlées
  • dissentions
  • run-ins
  • dissensions
  • fisticuffs
  • melees
  • catfights
  • affrays
  • fracas
  • fracases
  • fusses
  • frays
  • free-for-alls
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