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]