Synonym: arriviste, kip, nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart. Similar words: upstage, upstairs, start, start up, start off, starter, start on, startling. Meaning: n. 1. an arrogant or presumptuous person 2. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class 3. 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. adj. characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.
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1. You can't marry that young upstart!
2. You cannot marry that young upstart!
3. Well, she wasn't about to let this little upstart have her home.
4. I noticed that some of the upstart ash trees were already bearing seeds, and some were loaded with them.
5. Hanson could make an upstart drummer feel ungrateful if he tried to walk away from a kindness.
6. Men give ear to an upstart astronomer who tries to show that the Earth revolves, not the Sun and the Moon.
7. He is, so to speak, an upstart.
8. He is a complete upstart.
9. But come September , publishing upstart Flat World Knowledge will offer a much more appealing price point: its books will be free.
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10. Hackett, 44, was a cocky upstart in the microbrew world, known for unique recipes like Bushwacker Wheat (made with tangerines, blackberries, and sun-dried mandarins).
11. Nucor, the upstart U.S. producer that challenged "Big Steel" by fabricating new steel from scrap melted in high-efficiency furnaces, is third in the United States and 12th in the world.
12. Much of this draws on the upstart science of happiness, which mixes psychology with economics.
13. The Hill is an upstart competitor that's a little edgier.
14. You impudent upstart. I shall take great delight in dispatching you myself.
15. He was a new upstart and a gentleman of the first head.
16. Until recently ICE, a fast - growing electronic upstart from Atlanta, had the edge.
17. He tried to pass for a gentleman; but everyone knew he was an upstart.
18. Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
19. The aging pirate king facing the youthful bandit prince-patriarch against upstart - monarch against usurper.
20. But even with 50 years' worth of advances in movie technology, the young upstart can't beat the grand master.
21. The hi-tech plastics come from a young company with whom Upstart has formed a joint venture.
22. Surely the giant Sorcerer is not afraid of four more upstart pipsqueaks. Where is Eddie?
23. IT SOUNDS like the testosterone-tinged vision of an investment banker: a little-known upstart buys its most famous rival, three times its size.
24. It will take more than the youth vote sweep the upstart party to power.
25. The hi - tech plastics come from a young company with Upstart has formed a joint venture.
26. While not a huge surprise it was the second time Dagong had downgraded the U.S. its timing and prescience were seemingly a feather in the cap of the upstart rater.
27. Advertisers and users have been for years for the hot upstart to settle on for ads.
28. I am going down to make it hot for that upstart!
29. The most striking deals have involved Pfizer, a conservative giant not known for cosiness with upstart generics firms.
30. "A name more thoroughly detested is not to be found in the vocabulary of American politics, " thundered Georgia's Tom Watson, vice-presidential nominee for the upstart "People's Party" in 1896.