transitive verb
1. : to cause to rise or be propelled upward forcefully
the tires kicked little stones up
clouds of dust kicked up by passing cars
2.
a. : raise
signal the auctioneer quietly and kick the bid up another thousand — Grant Cannon
b. : to stir up : provoke
kicked a row up over nothing
kick up a fuss
intransitive verb
1. : to give evidence of disorder
felt his stomach start to kick up
2. : to become insubordinate : act in a protesting or unexpectedly independent way
when the New Woman began kicking up on the American scene in the middle of the 19th century — Lois Long