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— English words —

• kickup n. (Uncountable) Material thrown upward by the wheels of a moving vehicle.
• kickup n. (Countable) A controlled kick that sends a ball upwards.
• kickup n. (Countable, dated) A disturbance.
• kickup n. (Caribbean) The waterthrush.
• kick␣up v. (Of a horse) To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
• kick␣up v. (Informal, figuratively, by extension, transitive, US) To raise, to increase (a price).
• kick␣up v. (Informal, figuratively, transitive) To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
• kick␣up v. (Transitive, colloquial) To make more exciting.
• kick␣up v. (Informal, intransitive) To show anger (about something).
• kick␣up v. (Informal, intransitive, US) To function improperly, to show signs of disorder, (of an illness) to flare up.
• kick␣up v. (Machinery) To move sharply upward.
• kick␣up v. (Slang) To pass something up a hierarchy or chain of command.
• kick␣up v. (Transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.

73 English words from 13 English definitions

about active anger back ball become by␣extension Caribbean cause chain chain␣of␣command colloquial command controlled Countable dated disorder disturbance exciting extension figuratively flare flare␣up function hierarchy horse idiomatically illness improperly increase Informal intransitive kick Machinery make Material more move moving of␣a of␣an other other␣than pass price raise rear rear␣back restless see sends sharply show signs Slang something speed speed␣up stir stir␣up than that the thrown transitive trouble Uncountable upward upwards Used vehicle waterthrush wheels

11 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

kickups kick␣up␣dust kick␣up␣a␣fuss kick␣upstairs kick␣up␣the␣ass kick␣up␣the␣bum kick␣up␣the␣arse kick␣up␣the␣butt kick␣up␣one's␣heels kick␣up␣the␣bottom kick␣up␣the␣backside

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ick ICK -ick kick

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

upkick

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

kicks␣up kickups upkicks

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

U-pick

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

dick␣up hickup Kirkup lick␣up pickup Pickup pick-up pick␣up sick␣up wickup

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

kicks␣up

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