Definitions for kick up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. kick up(verb)

    raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand

  2. kick up(verb)

    cause to rise by kicking

    "kick up dust"

  3. provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up(verb)

    evoke or provoke to appear or occur

    "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

Wiktionary

  1. kick up(Verb)

    To raise, to increase (a price).

  2. kick up(Verb)

    To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).

  3. kick up(Verb)

    To show anger (about something).

  4. kick up(Verb)

    To function improperly, to show signs of disorder, (of an illness) to flare up.


Translations for kick up

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

kick up(noun)

to cause or start off (a fuss etc).

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