dustup

• dust-up

Deverbal from dust up.

dustup (plural dustups)

1. (informal) A scuffle or fight.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fight

2. (informal, by extension) An argument or dispute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute

   • 2005 June 21, Seattle Times:

     The incident followed other dustups between the two parties over the conduct of the war on terrorism.

   • 2022 January 31, Kevin Roose, “Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     And given how few Netflix subscribers appear to have canceled their subscriptions during last year’s dust-up with Mr. Chappelle, Spotify can probably breathe easy on this front for now.

• dust up (verb)