Upstart - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈʌpstɑːrt|
Brit.
|ˈʌpstɑːt|
noun
- an arrogant or presumptuous person
- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class (syn: arriviste, parvenu)
- 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 (syn: kip)
- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class (syn: arriviste, parvenu)
- 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 (syn: kip)
adjective
- characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position (syn: parvenu)
Extra examples
...having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts...
...as the highbred descendant of one of the state's oldest families, he bristled at being ordered about by an uncouth upstart...
Word forms
noun
singular: upstart
plural: upstarts
singular: upstart
plural: upstarts
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