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kicking up dust

kicking up dust is the present participle and gerund of kick up dust.

Meaning of kick up dust

Verb

kick up dust (third-person singular simple present kicks up dust, present participle kicking up dust, simple past and past participle kicked up dust)

  1. To cause the air to become filled with dust from a surface.
    • Schneider maintains that water-assisted sweeping equipment helps keep dust down, except in new construction areas where it seems to kick up dust, but he'll compensate by turning up the water.2003, Stormwater: The Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals
  2. To make a fuss.
    • Shanghai Kelly has been kicking up dust about the war on the crimps and boardinghouse keepers.1930, James Dalessandro, 1906 - a Novel

Questions about kicking up dust

What is kicking up dust the present participle and gerund of?
Kicking up dust is the present participle and gerund of kick up dust.

Words near kicking up dust in the dictionary

  1. kicking to
  2. kicking to the curb
  3. kicking to the kerb
  4. kicking up
  5. kicking up a fuss
  6. kicking up dust
  7. kicking up one's heels
  8. kicking upstairs
  9. kicking with
  10. kicking with the other foot
  11. kickingly

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