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Noun: dustup  'dúst,úp
Usage: informal
  1. An angry dispute
    "they had a dustup";
    - quarrel, wrangle, row[2], words, run-in [informal], dust-up, blue [Austral, NZ, informal], bust-up [informal], slanging match [Brit, informal], ding-dong [Brit, informal], barney [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: dustups, dust-ups

Type of: conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute

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Dustin Hoffman
dustiness
dusting powder
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dustlike
dustman
dustmop
dustpan
dustpanful
dustrag
dustup
dusty
dusty miller
Dutch
Dutch auction
Dutch cap
Dutch capital
Dutch case-knife bean
dutch clover
Dutch courage