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单词 kickup
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kickup

[ kik-uhp ]
/ ˈkɪkˌʌp /

noun Informal.

a fuss; commotion; row.

Origin of kickup

First recorded in1785–95; noun use of verb phrase kick up

Words nearby kickup

kick-start, kick starter, kick the bucket, kick the habit, kick turn, kickup, kick up a fuss, kick up one's heels, kick upstairs, kickwheel, kicky

Definition for kickup (2 of 2)

kick-up

or kick·up

[ kik-uhp ]
/ ˈkɪkˌʌp /

noun

a violent disturbance or argument.
kick (def. 23b).
kip5 (def. 1).

Origin of kick-up

First recorded in 1790–95; kick + up
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British Dictionary definitions for kickup

kick up

verb (adverb)

informal to cause (trouble, a fuss, etc)
kick up bobsy-die See bobsy-die
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with kickup

kick up

Malfunction, cause trouble or pain, as in My grandmother's arthritis is kicking up again. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] Also see act up; also subsequent entries beginning with kick up.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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