kickup
See also: kick up
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editkickup (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
editNoun
editkickup (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.