(countable) An act of turning something backwards or upside down, or the situation that something is in after this has happened.

(countable, figurative) A situation where the natural order of things has been upset.

(uncountable, figurative) Chaos, confusion, disorder.

(transitive) To turn topsy-turvy or upside down; to invert.

(transitive, figurative) To throw into chaos or disorder; to upset.

Backwards or upside down.

(figurative) Chaotic; disorderly.

Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset.

(figurative) Not in the natural order of things; in a disorderly manner; chaotically.