kickup

See also: kick up

English

Etymology 1

Deverbal from kick up.

Noun

kickup (countable and uncountable, plural kickups)

  1. (uncountable) Material thrown upward by the wheels of a moving vehicle.
  2. (countable) A controlled kick that sends a ball upwards.
    Coordinate term: kickoff
  3. (countable, dated) A disturbance.[1]
    Synonym: dustup

See also
  • (material kicked up by wheels): mudflap

Noun

kickup (plural kickups)

  1. (archaic, Caribbean) The waterthrush[2]

References
  1. 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
  2. “kickup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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