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ass over teakettle

ass over teakettle adverb: tumbling upside down.

Adverb

ass over teakettle (not comparable)

  1. (US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Tumbling upside down.
    • When the top step gave way, he went ass over teakettle back down to the bottom.
  2. (US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Frantically.
    • We've been scrambling ass over teakettle to get this thing done on time.

Adjective

ass over teakettle

  1. (US, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) In complete disarray.
    • After all that hard work cleaning up, along comes one big storm and we're ass over teakettle again.

Synonyms of ass over teakettle

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Forms of ass over teakettle

alternative formarse over teakettle

Questions about ass over teakettle

What does ass over teakettle mean?
Ass over teakettle means tumbling upside down.
What part of speech is ass over teakettle?
Ass over teakettle can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near ass over teakettle in the dictionary

  1. ass like a Japanese flag
  2. ass load
  3. ass loads
  4. ass out
  5. ass over teacups
  6. ass over teakettle
  7. ass over tin cups
  8. ass pounding
  9. ass poundings
  10. ass pull
  11. ass pulls

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