top·sy-tur·vy 
(tŏp′sē-tûrvē)
(tŏp′sē-tûrvē)adv.
1. With the top downward and the bottom up; upside-down.
2. In or into a state of utter disorder or confusion: "turning our ordered life topsy-turvy" (Anne Tyler).
adj. top·sy-tur·vi·er, top·sy-tur·vi·est
1. Turned or positioned upside down; inverted.
2. Confused or disordered.
n. pl. top·sy-tur·vies
The quality or condition of being topsy-turvy.
[Probably from TOP1 + obsolete terve, to overturn (from Middle English terven).]
top′sy-turvi·ly adv.
top′sy-turvi·ness n.
- linecasting
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- line dance
- line dancer
- line drawing
- line drive
- line engraving
- Line Islands
- line item
- line-item veto
- lineman
- linen
- line of credit
- line officer
- line of force
- line of scrimmage
- line of sight
- lineolate
- line (one's) pockets
- line one's pockets
- line-out
- line pockets
- line printer
- liner
- liner