kickup

American  

[kik-uhp] / ˈkɪkˌʌp /

noun

Informal.

1. a fuss; commotion; row.

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Etymology

Origin of kickup

First recorded in 1785–95; noun use of verb phrase kick up

Example Sentences

"There's lots of ways you can get precursors to delamination, such as from impacts, like tool drop, bird strike, runway kickup in aircraft, and there could be almost no visible damage, but internally it has a delamination," Wardle says.

From Science Daily

All that remains of the sinuous Avenir on the LaCrosse is the feeble kickup of the light line over the rear-door handles, a line going nowhere fast.

From The Wall Street Journal

The long, fairly taxing climb of 4,000 vertical feet, with a sudden sadistic kickup into an especially steep grade for the last mile or so, means that your athleticism will be tested, but within limits.

From New York Times

Young Master Corrie, on the other hand, called her Kickup or Puppy, indifferently, according to the humour he chanced to be in when he met her, or to the word that rose most readily to his lips.

From Project Gutenberg

“Well, I say, Kickup,” cried the youth, picking up his hat, which had fallen off in the convulsion, and drying his tears, “you’re a sweet lookin’ creetur, you are!

From Project Gutenberg