[top-see-tur-vee] 
adverb, adjective, noun, plural -vies.| 1. | with the top where the bottom should be; upside down. |
| 2. | in or into a reversed condition or order. |
| 3. | in or into a state of confusion or disorder. |
| 4. | turned upside down; inverted; reversed: a topsy-turvy reflection. |
| 5. | confused or disorderly: a topsy-turvy classroom. |
| 6. | inversion of the natural order. |
| 7. | a state of confusion or disorder. |
| top·sy-tur·vy (tŏp'sē-tûr'vē) adv.
The quality or condition of being topsy-turvy. [Probably from top1 + obsolete terve, to overturn (from Middle English terven).] top'sy-tur'vi·ly adv., top'sy-tur'vi·ness n. |