Definitions for upend

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upend up·end

Spelling: [uhp-end]

IPA: /ʌpˈɛnd/

Upend is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in upend (denpu).

Definitions for upend

verb (used with object)

1. to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
2. to affect drastically or radically, as tastes, opinions, reputations, or systems.
3. to defeat in competition, as in boxing or business.

verb (used without object)

1. to become upended.
2. to place the body back-end up, as a dabbling duck.

Origin of upend

First recorded in 1815-25; up- + end¹

Examples for upend

It is safe, as we will never meet again, and all ideas of justice will upend in the coming cataclysm.

It is a revolutionary story, which threatens to upend the world as we know it.

It would inject a threat of accountability into power, and upend the impunity wartime leaders had operated under for years.

He takes Colorado, Missouri, and Minnesota and fails to upend Romney in Michigan.

The log plunges after him, holding him down and back till he drowns; and his whereabouts are revealed by the upend of the tree.

The recent NFL referee lockout turned Sunday games into chaotic affairs, and threatened to upend a financial juggernaut.

[S]omething larger is going on here, which could upend everything and produce unintended consequences.

In August, Sen. Ted Cruz linked the need to upend the IRS to its abuse of power.

He took Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota but failed to upend Romney in Michigan.

The one event that could upend that is an encore from a passive, disengaged Obama.