upstart
21upstart — I. intransitive verb Date: 14th century to jump up (as to one s feet) suddenly II. noun Date: 1555 1. one that has risen suddenly (as from a low position to wealth or power) ; parvenu; especially one that claims more personal importance than is… …
22upstart — upstartness, n. n., adj. /up stahrt /; v. /up stahrt /, n. 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. adj. 3.… …
23upstart — [16] An upstart is etymologically simply someone who has ‘started up’ – but start in its early sense ‘jump, spring, rise’. Start up was an early alternative version of the word (‘That young start up hath all the glory of my overthrow’, says Don… …
24upstart — up•start n., adj. [[t]ˈʌpˌstɑrt[/t]] v. [[t]ʌpˈstɑrt[/t]] n. 1) a person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or importance, esp. one who is presumptuous or arrogant; parvenu 2) being, resembling, or characteristic of… …
25upstart — /ˈʌpstat / (say upstaht) noun 1. someone who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth or power, or to assumed consequence; a parvenu. 2. someone who is pretentious and objectionable through being thus exalted. –adjective 3. (of persons …
26upstart — [16] An upstart is etymologically simply someone who has ‘started up’ – but start in its early sense ‘jump, spring, rise’. Start up was an early alternative version of the word (‘That young start up hath all the glory of my overthrow’, says Don… …
27upstart — A term of abuse for a person whose social or professional position has suddenly risen, and who is felt to be making improper use of his new found power. ‘You little upstart’ is addressed, in A Kind of Loving, by Stan Barstow, to her son in law …
28Upstart Bay — is a bay in Queensland, Australia. It serves as the mouth of the Burdekin River.External links* [http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp site/info services/publications/dugong/large maps/upstart.html Upstart Bay Dugong Sanctuary] …
29upstart — 1. noun someone who has gained sudden wealth, power or influence, but has either not gained social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous Syn: arriviste …
30upstart — Synonyms and related words: Babbitt, Philistine, Young Turk, adventurer, arriviste, bob up, boldface, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bourgeois gentilhomme, brazenface, break water, bright young man, cad, churl, chutzpanik, clown, comer, emigrant,… …
