Meaning of TOPSY-TURVY
| Pronunciation: | | 'tâpsee'turvee, t'âpseet'urvee
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- [adv] in disorderly haste; "we ran head over heels toward the shelter"
- [adv] in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"
- [adj] in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
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TOPSY-TURVY is a 11 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Synonyms: | | disorderly, head over heels, heels over head, higgledy-piggledy, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, in great confusion, jumbled, topsy-turvily, untidy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Top"sy-tur"vy\, adv. [Earlier topside-turvey,
topsy-tervy; probably for top so turvy; that is, the top as
turvy, as it were turvy; where turvy probably means,
overturned, fr. {AS}. torfian to throw.]
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside
down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.
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