| slovo | definícia |
topsyturvy
(mass) | topsy-turvy
- zmätený |
topsy-turvy
(encz) | topsy-turvy,chaotický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
topsy-turvy
(encz) | topsy-turvy,zmatený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Topsy-turvy
(gcide) | Topsy-turvy \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.
[1913 Webster] |
topsy-turvy
(wn) | topsy-turvy
adv 1: in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy-
piggledy" [syn: higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy]
2: in disorderly haste; "we ran head over heels toward the
shelter" [syn: head over heels, heels over head, {topsy-
turvy}, topsy-turvily, in great confusion]
adj 1: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
jumbled, topsy-turvy] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
topsyturvy
(mass) | topsy-turvy
- zmätený |
topsy-turvydom
(encz) | topsy-turvydom, n: |
topsy-turvyness
(encz) | topsy-turvyness, n: |
Topsy-turvy
(gcide) | Topsy-turvy \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.
[1913 Webster] |
topsy-turvydom
(wn) | topsy-turvydom
n 1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: chaos,
pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, {topsy-
turvyness}] |
topsy-turvyness
(wn) | topsy-turvyness
n 1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: chaos,
pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, {topsy-
turvyness}] |
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