Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground;
a first movement in doing a handstand;
VERB (2)
1.
cause to rise by kicking;
- Example: "kick up dust"2.
evoke or provoke to appear or occur;
- Example: "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"[syn: provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kick up
n 1: raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a
first movement in doing a handstand
v 1: cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust"
2: evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a
quarrel between the couple" [syn: provoke, evoke, call
forth, kick up]