upsot

English

Verb

upsot (third-person singular simple present upsots, present participle upsotting, simple past and past participle upsot)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of upset
2. (poetic, transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
   • 1857, James Lord Pierpont, Jingle Bells

     He got into a drifted bank

     And we—we got upsot.

Usage notes

• A 19th century contrivance to add rhyme and wit.

Anagrams

• POTUS, USPTO, pouts, spout, stoup, tupos