kickup
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
kickup (countable and uncountable, plural kickups)
- (uncountable) Material thrown upward by the wheels of a moving vehicle.
- (countable) A controlled kick that sends a ball upwards.
- Coordinate term: kickoff
- (countable, dated) A disturbance.[1]
- Synonym: dustup
See also[edit]
- (material kicked up by wheels): mudflap
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
kickup (plural kickups)
- (archaic, Caribbean) The waterthrush[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
- ^ “kickup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.