Meanings
noundust-up (plural dust-ups)
plural dust-ups
- alternativeAlternative spelling of dustup.
There's market gardening, a ruined abbey with an isolated belltower, a battlefield trail and festival recalling a dust-up of 1265, and a plaque on the old Midland station.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and fact behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, pages 58–59
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Deverbal from dust up.
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dust-up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust-up
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“dust-up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust-up. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dust-up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust-up.
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