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DUSTUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dustup mean?
• DUSTUP (noun)
The noun DUSTUP has 1 sense:
1. an angry dispute
Familiarity information: DUSTUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An angry dispute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
dustup; quarrel; row; run-in; words; wrangle
Context example:
they had words
Hypernyms ("dustup" is a kind of...):
conflict; difference; difference of opinion; dispute (a disagreement or argument about something important)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dustup"):
affray; altercation; fracas (noisy quarrel)
bicker; bickering; fuss; pettifoggery; spat; squabble; tiff (a quarrel about petty points)
bust-up (a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship))
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