Reverse Dictionary: UPSIDE DOWN

ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS
► AHOMEL turned upside down; applied to a vessel whose bottom is upwards → 1825 Sc. obs.
► ALL OF A STEW disordered, in a mess, turned upside-down, topsy-turvy → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► AOT upside-down; head over heels (Arse Over Tit) → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► A OVER K knocked upside down; ‘Arse over Kite’ → 1998 NZ sl.
► ARSAPEEK upside down → 1910 Aust. sl.
► ARSEHOLES TO BREAKFAST TIME upside down; utterly confused; most unsatisfactory → L19 sl.
► ARSE OVER TIT upside down → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► ARSE UP upside down → 1994 Aust. sl.
► ARSE UPWARDS upside down, topsy-turvy, back to front → 1896 Eng. dial.
► ARSE-VERSY upside down; head over heels → 1678 Eng. dial.
► ARSEY-TURVEY upside down; head over heels → 1860 Amer. sl.
► ARSEY-VERSY upside down; topsy-turvy; head over heels; backwards-front; reversed; confused → 1539
► ARSEY-WARSEY upside down; head over heels → 1678 Eng. dial.
► ARSIE-VERSIE upside down; backwards-front; reversed; confused → 1577
► ARSI-VERSI upside down; backwards-front; reversed; confused → 1934 Amer.
► ARSY-FARCY upside down; head over heels → 1678 Eng. dial.
► ARSY-VARSY ► ARSY-VERSY back to front, upside down; perversely → 1539 UK
► ASS-END-BACKWARDS in confusion, back-to-front, upside down → 1967 Amer. dial.
► ASS-END UP in confusion, back-to-front, upside down → 1960 sl.
► ASS OVER APPETITE upside down, unstable, head over heels, in confusion → 1956
► ASS OVER APPLE CART upside down, unstable, head over heels, in confusion → 1923
► ASS OVER HEAD upside down, unstable, head over heels, in confusion → 1888
► ASS OVER TIT upside down, unstable, head over heels, in confusion → 1939
► ASS-TO AND EVERY WHICHAWAY backwards; askew; upside-down → 1930 Amer. sl.
► ASSWAYS backwards; askew; upside-down → 1934 Amer. sl.
► A-WHUMMIL ► AWHUMMLE turned over or upside down; usually applied to a vessel which lies bottom upwards → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOTTOMSIDE UP upside down, topsy-turvy → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOMSIDE UPWARDS upside down, topsy-turvy → 1858 Amer. dial.
► BOTTOM UPWARDS upside down, topsy-turvy → 1954 Amer. dial.
► DOWNSIDE UP upside down → 1603
► TAP-AN-TEERIE topsy-turvy, upside-down → 1827 Sc.
► TAPSALTEERIE ► TAPSALTEERY topsy-turvy, upside-down → 1827 Sc.
► TAPSEE-TEERIE ► TAPSIE-TEERIE topsy-turvy, upside-down → 1827 Sc.
► TOPSY-TEERY topsy-turvy, upside-down → 1827 Irish
► TOPSY-VERSY upside down → M18 sl.
► TOTHER-END-UP. upside down → 1863 Amer. dial.
► TOTHER-SIDE-UP upside down → 1844 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► SUBVERSION the turning of a thing upside down or uprooting it from its position; overturning, upsetting of an object → 1670

VERBS
► ANTIPODISE to turn upside down → 1642 obs.
► BESTOURN to turn upside down, to overthrow → 1483 obs.
► HALVE ► HELVE to turn over, to turn upside down → 1873 Eng. dial.
► PURL to turn upside down, to overturn, to capsize; to tumble head over heels → 1856
► TERVE ► TIRVE to turn; esp. to turn upside down, to topple over, to fall down; also, fig. to turn to some course or action → 1400 obs.
► WAMBLE to twist or turn something over and over; to turn a thing round or upside down → 1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.