topsy-turvy
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adverb
- Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset.
- Not in the natural order of things; in a disorderly manner; chaotically.
- Alternative form of topsy-turvy.
Adjective
- Backwards or upside down.
- Chaotic; disorderly.
- Alternative form of topsy-turvy.
Noun
- An act of turning something backwards or upside down, or the situation that something is in after this has happened.
- A situation where the natural order of things has been upset.
- Chaos, confusion, disorder.
- Alternative form of topsy-turvy.
Verb
- To turn topsy-turvy or upside down; to invert.
- To throw into chaos or disorder; to upset.
- Alternative form of topsy-turvy.
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