Definition of "dustup" [dust•up]

• Slang A row; a dispute. (noun)

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• "The key thing in this so called dustup is Obama is not on records personally stating his position."
• "This means that somehow the dustup is the Clinton campaign's fault?"
• "Anyone recall the dustup that occured when Ted Rall did the comic comparing the boy king to a mentally retarded person?"