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What is a dustup?

What is a dustup? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (informal) A scuffle or fight.
  2. (informal, by extension) An argument or dispute.
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The most plausible explanation was that the hotel had incorrectly programmed my neighbour's room key. This reminded me of the recent dustup between Richard Dawkins and the blogger known as SkepChick.
In a dustup at a local bar one night, the bartender roughed up the good old boy and threw him into his pickup.
The dustup between the professors provoked a flurry of articles and op-eds earlier this year, but most of the coverage missed its true import.
With that excellent backdrop for our discussion, let me take you back to January, and a dustup provoked by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
That, not privacy, is what this latest Facebook dustup is all about.
That included talks with reporters until a comment he made about Woods's chances this week was repeated to Woods a bit inaccurately and caused a minor dustup.

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