dustup

1. (informal) A scuffle or fight.Examples: "Mik looked at his arm and knew this wouldn't work for another dustup with the she-hemoth that was hot on his heels. He put his shield on the damaged arm. It felt strange since he usually wore it on his left."Synonyms: fight, affray, dust-up, fracas, kerfuffle, ruckus, set to, set-toinformal

2. (informal, by extension) An argument or dispute.Examples: "The incident followed other dustups between the two parties over the conduct of the war on terrorism."; "“Look at us. I plumb forgot what this dustup's even about. Now, what I'm-what I'm... what I'm trying to say here is, hoo, boy, we all need to stop fightin'.”"; "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."Synonyms: argument, argy-bargy, altercation, barney, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawlbroadlyinformal