1. Cause to rise by kicking
   "kick up dust"
    
2. [informal] Make appear or occur
   "Her behaviour kicked up a quarrel between the couple";
   - provoke, evoke, call forth

1. Raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand
   "He practised his kick up repeatedly to perfect his handstand technique"

Derived forms: kicking up, kick ups, kicked up, kicks up

See also: kick

Type of: bring up, cause, do, elevate, engender, exercise, exercising, get up, lift, make, physical exercise, physical exertion, raise, workout

Part of: handstand

Encyclopedia: Kick up