"dustup" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dustup.wav Forms: dustups [plural], dust-up [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal of dust up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|dust up}} Deverbal of dust up Head templates: {{en-noun}} dustup (plural dustups)
  1. (informal) A scuffle or fight. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: fight
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  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
Related terms: dust up [verb]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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