New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: lick up · pick up · sick up · tick up · brick up · kick out · knock up · prick up · slick up · stick up

kick up

1 (v + adv) waves, sand, etc TRANSITIVEardaigh verb c m uséid verb c m utóg verb c m uthe boat kicked up a huge wash bhí maistreadh diabhalta ón mbád, bhí bruth mór ón mbád 2 (v + adv) MET wind: blow more strongly INTRANSITIVEgéaraigh verb c m uneartaigh verb c m u → see kick

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arse »

a kick up the arse cic sa tóin
backside »

they need a kick up the backside cic sa tóin atá de dhíth orthu
behind »

a kick up the behind cic sa tóin
din »

to kick up a terrible din raic uafásach a dhéanamh, racán millteanach a thógáil
kick »

to kick up a fuss (also to kick up a stink) informal raic a tharraingt, clampar a dhéanamhhe kicked up a fuss about the result tharraing sé raic faoin toradh
kick »

to kick up a storm1 informal create huge impression an-taispeántas a thabhairt, dul i gcion go mór ar dhaoine2 informal create controversy raic a tharraingt, racán a tharraingt, achrann a tharraingt
kick »

they need a good kick up the backside tá cic maith sa tóin de dhíth orthu sin
kick around »

I was fed up of being kicked around bhí mé tuirseach de dhaoine a bheith ag siúl orm
shindy »

to kick up a shindy informal1 cause a fuss raic a thógáil, racán a thógáil, achrann a tharraingt2 make a racketthey were kicking up an awful shindy bhí an-raic á tógáil acu, bhí gleo uafásach á dhéanamh acu, bhí callán bocht acu
stink »

to kick up a stink (also to create a stink) informal raic a thógáil, clampar a tharraingtthey kicked up a stink about the new offices thóg siad raic faoi na hoifigí nua

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