Dictionary Entry
upstart
upstart is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To start or spring up suddenly. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To start or spring up suddenly.
- 2noun
One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
- 3noun
The meadow saffron.
- 4adjective
Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.
- 5noun
a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
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- 6noun
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- 7noun
an arrogant or presumptuous person
- 8adjective
characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
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