"dustup" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dustup.wav Forms: dustups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from dust up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|dust up}} Deverbal from dust up Head templates: {{en-noun}} dustup (plural dustups)
  1. (informal) A scuffle or fight. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: fight
    Sense id: en-dustup-en-noun-wAN7J5ZF Disambiguation of Violence: 96 4 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9
  2. (informal, by extension) An argument or dispute. Tags: broadly, informal Synonyms: dispute Translations (dispute): dava (Azerbaijani), dalaşma (Azerbaijani), vuruşma (Azerbaijani), tuuletus (Finnish), différend [masculine] (French), Auseinandersetzung [feminine] (German), Streit [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-dustup-en-noun-LGFHoNey Disambiguation of 'dispute': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dust-up Related terms: dust up [verb]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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