Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A row; a dispute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an angry dispute.
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- noun informal A
scuffle orfight . - noun informal, by extension An
argument ordispute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an angry dispute
Etymologies
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Examples
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This means that somehow the dustup is the Clinton campaign's fault?
Key Obama Surrogate Says She Believes Hillary Camp Had Nothing To Do With Obama Turban Pic 2009
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The key thing in this so called dustup is Obama is not on records personally stating his position.
McCain And Obama Battle It Out Over Supreme Court Handgun Decision 2009
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Anyone recall the dustup that occured when Ted Rall did the comic comparing the boy king to a mentally retarded person?
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The dustup could be a publicity coup for Zynga, which is on the verge of making its stock market debut.
NYDN Rss ELIZABETH LAZAROWITZ 2011
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The dustup is the latest scandal in global warming science, coming after the disclosure of attempts to shade climate-science research findings at the U. K.'s East Anglia U.iversity and the failed talks in Copenhagen by environmental policymakers last month.
FOXNews.com 2010
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It's incredible to me that you see Obama gaining leverage on this "dustup".
Hillary Hits Obama: "Pennsylvanians Don't Need A President Who Looks Down On Them" 2009
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LEMON: Jessica, hey, I think "dustup" is putting it mild there.
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Look, the whole Valenti-Althouse "dustup" comes down to one thing: Valenti made a casual mistake by proudly posing with Clinton, then compounded it by revealing her cluelessness of the most basic feminist issues relating to Clinton.
Bloggingheads! Ann Althouse 2007
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Denizens of the Seattle blogosphere and loyal readers of this site will recall the dustup which ensued when Capitol Hill’s Victrola Coffee & Art decided to turn off its free 802.11 wireless service on weekends.
Free Coffeehouse Wireless Redux: University Zoka | Seattle Metblogs 2005
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New York Times reports that the "" dustup "over President-elect Barack Obama's selection of Leon Panetta" to lead the CIA appeared to cool Wednesday "after Senator Dianne Feinstein, incoming chairwoman of the Select Committee on Intelligence," dropped her criticism, "saying,
elohiwarrior commented on the word dustup
The importance of unfuck has been lost after I copped an elephant in more ways than one this last weekend. Mission accomplished!
July 6, 2009
seanahan commented on the word dustup
I think this should be a compound, or at least hyphenated.
July 8, 2009