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noun
A scuffle or fight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: affray, dust-up, fight, fracas, kerfuffle, rixation, ruckus, set to, set-to, stoush
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An argument or dispute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: argument, argy-bargy, altercation, contention, barney, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawl, clash, conflict, controversy, debate, difference, ding-dong, disagreement, discordance, disharmony, disputation, dispute, dissonance, disunion, dustup, face-off, falling out, feud, fight, flite, hassle, issue, palaver, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tangle, threap, tiff, wrangle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an angry dispute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
Narrower terms: affray, altercation, fracas, bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss, bust-up
History
Deverbal from dust up.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
