Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ass over teakettle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: as-s over teaket-tle
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Tumbling upside down.

American usage; Slang

adv

American usage; Slang

adj

In complete disarray.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"When the top step gave way, he went ass over teakettle back down to the bottom."
"We've been scrambling ass over teakettle to get this thing done on time."
"After all that hard work cleaning up, along comes one big storm and we're ass over teakettle again."

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

arse over teakettle (alternative)

Synonyms

arse over tip arse over tit ass over teacups ass over tin cups head over heels like crazy like mad

Questions

What does ass over teakettle mean?: Tumbling upside down.

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