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tits-up

tits-up is the alternative form of tits up.

Meaning of tits up

Adjective

tits up (not comparable)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Broken; failed; inoperable.
    • The vast majority go tits up in the first year. Basic economics, even if the people have some training and education in retail.1987, Nora Roberts, Daring to dream, page 157
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) Dead.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tits, up.

Questions about tits-up

What is tits-up the alternative form of?
Tits-up is the alternative form of tits up.

Words near tits-up in the dictionary

  1. Tits buildings
  2. Tits group
  3. tits or gtfo
  4. tits out for the lads
  5. tits up
  6. tits-up
  7. tits.
  8. titsucker
  9. titsuckers
  10. titsup
  11. Titsworth

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