dustup

noun

dust·​up ˈdəst-ˌəp How to pronounce dustup (audio)
: row, fight

Examples of dustup in a Sentence

He had a dustup with a guy in the bar. he came home with a black eye from the dustup at the bar
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One of the dustups was over a traffic stop involving Mendenhall's daughter. Tim Evans, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 In a statement to CNBC, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t mention the dustup. Kate Rooney,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 May 2025 The dustup laid bare the tension between why many people go to college and why professors teach. Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 Sonny signs on and immediately gets into tense dustups with Pearce who, like Sonny, is prone to making rash decisions and is more of an individual racer than a team player. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dustup

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dustup was in 1897

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“Dustup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustup. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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