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kickup¹

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Deverbal from kick up.

noun kickups

  1. uncountable Material thrown upward by the wheels of a moving vehicle.
  2. countable A controlled kick that sends a ball upwards.
  3. countable, dated A disturbance.

    Similar: dustup

  4. countable, slang Something passed up a hierarchy or chain of command.

kickup²

noun kickups

  1. Caribbean, archaic The waterthrush

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"kickup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kickup. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kickup. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kickup

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"kickup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kickup.

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@misc{kickup_2026,
  title = {kickup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kickup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}