Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dust-up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: dust-up
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of dustup.

Example Sentences

"There's market gardening, a ruined abbey with an isolated belltower, a battlefield trail and festival recalling a dust-up of 1265, and a plaque on the old Midland station."

Etymology

Deverbal from dust up.

Inflected Forms

dust-ups (plural)

Questions

What does dust-up mean?: Alternative spelling of dustup.
Where does dust-up come from?: Deverbal from dust up.

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