English Explanatory Dictionary

tits up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Broken; failed; inoperable.
  2. Dead.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tits, up.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tit up

Pronunciation

En-au-tits up.ogg

Word forms

tits up tits-up titsup

Etymology

Perhaps derives from an expired animal lying on its back, or the behaviour of aeroplanes' attitude indicators, which in some regional conventions turn upside down when faulty and display an inverted 'W' resembling a pair of breasts.

Related words

belly up
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