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upstart::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue |
upstart::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu |
| Type of | unpleasant person, disagreeable person |
| Has types | climber, junior, social climber |
upstart::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kip |
| Type of | gymnastic exercise |
upstart::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
| Has types | smart aleck, weisenheimer, wiseacre, wisenheimer, wise guy |
Examples of upstart
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For one thing, the NIT was a bigger tournament than the upstart NCAA Tournament.
From the denverpost.com
Anheuser-Busch plays the role of defending champ, Miller the upstart challenger.
From the stltoday.com
They produced a 370 that was matched by second-year upstart program South Elgin.
From the dailyherald.com
Hunt was reserved and soft-spoken and always looking out for his upstart league.
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Back in 1999 the upstart firm pitched Bryan Roberts, a VC at Venrock Associates.
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A cattleman and his spoiled wife watch an upstart oilman try to take over Texas.
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For an upstart cloud gaming service, OnLive has done relatively well for itself.
From the techcrunch.com
After all, no one likes an upstart kid taking business away from the full-timers.
From the dailyherald.com
Defending champion Patty Schnyder was beaten by upstart Lucie Safarova, 6-4, 6-3.
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- An arrogant or presumptuous person
- Nouveau-riche: characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
- A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- Kip: 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
- Upstart is an event-based replacement for the traditional init daemonu00A0u2013 the method by which several Unix-like computer operating systems perform tasks when the computer is started. It was written by Scott James Remnant, a former employee of Canonical Ltd.
- (Upstarts (comics)) The Upstarts were a group of fictional comic book supervillains in the Marvel Comics with strong ties to the Hellfire Club. They first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #281 and were created by Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio.
- (UPSTARTS) Persons lately raised to honours and riches from mean stations.
- A new fighter with potential.
