ass over teakettle

adverb

informal

: in or as if in a somersault : head over heels

Making people laugh is not an easy chore. Oh, you can slip on an oil spill, fall ass over teakettle, and garner a few guffaws, …

—Will Manley, Booklist, August 2009

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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