Definitions for upstart

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upstart up·start

Spelling: [noun, adjective uhp-stahrt; verb uhp-stahrt]

IPA: /noun, adjective ˈʌpˌstɑrt; verb ʌpˈstɑrt/

Upstart is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in upstart (aprsttu).

Definitions for upstart

noun

1. a person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or a position of consequence.
2. a presumptuous and objectionable person who has so risen; parvenu.

adjective

1. being, resembling, or characteristic of an upstart.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to start up.

verb (used without object)

1. to spring into existence or into view.
2. to start up; spring up, as to one's feet.

Origin of upstart

1275-1325; Middle English (v.); see up-, start

Examples for upstart

It was by their order that the upstart Duncombe had been put in ward.

Besides, as I said to Francis, you had only to look at this upstart of a Jansoulet to see what he was worth.

Stewart was disdainful of the upstart network, and in the final meeting to sign the contract, would not even look at Ober.

Six months later, the upstart decided he was ready to strike out on his own.

The staid old NFL soon faced competition from the upstart AFL, which, of course, put a team in New York.

An unedified palate is the irrepressible cloven foot of the upstart.

AirAsia, on the other hand, is a relatively new carrier, an upstart in the tradition of Southwest Airlines in the United States.

Here was this upstart new boy with an air of questioning his authority.

That Francesco was an upstart was no longer a matter of surmise with him.

If the upstart wins, the Democrats are in play for the first time in a generation.