dustup

See also: dust-up and dust up

English

Alternative forms

• dust-up

Etymology

Deverbal from dust up.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dustup (plural dustups)

1. (informal) A scuffle or fight.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fight

2. (informal, by extension) An argument or dispute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute

   • 2005 June 21, Seattle Times
   • 2020 September 27, Christy Stratton & Jeremy Rowley, “Violet's Secret” (18:18 from the start), in Bless the Harts‎^[1], season 2, episode 1, spoken by Wayne Edwards (Ike Barinholtz):

     “Look at us. I plumb forgot what this dustup's even about. Now, what I'm-what I'm... what I'm trying to say here is, hoo, boy, we all need to stop fightin'.”

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     The incident followed other dustups between the two parties over the conduct of the war on terrorism.

   • 2022 January 31, Kevin Roose, “Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     And given how few Netflix subscribers appear to have canceled their subscriptions during last year’s dust-up with Mr. Chappelle, Spotify can probably breathe easy on this front for now.

Related terms

• dust up (verb)

Translations

dispute

• Azerbaijani: dava (az), dalaşma, vuruşma
• Finnish: tuuletus (fi)
• French: différend (fr) m
• German: Auseinandersetzung (de) f, Streit (de) m