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hysteron proteron collapse: the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved; reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')

muddled collapse

hugger mugger collapse: act stealthily or secretively

rather collapse: to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"; on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

welter collapse: be immersed in; "welter in work"; toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"

introversion collapse: (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings

tip collapse: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"; the extreme end of something; especially something pointed; remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"; mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone"; cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward"; give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward"

scattered collapse: occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; "scattered showers"; "scattered villages"

anarchic collapse: without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"

overthrow collapse: the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force); cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

chaotic collapse: lacking a visible order or organization; completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing; of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions

disorderly collapse: undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"; in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"

clutter collapse: unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen; a confused multitude of things; fill a space in a disorderly way

transposition collapse: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards; the act of reversing the order or place of; (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance; "he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"; (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign; (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome; any abnormal position of the organs of the body

revulsion collapse

reversion collapse: turning in the opposite direction; a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation); (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

over collapse: (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch; throughout a period of time; "stay over the weekend"; at or to a point across intervening space etc.; "come over and see us some time"; "over there"; throughout an area; "he is known the world over"; beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position; "a roof that hangs over";

litter collapse: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers; the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal; rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places); give birth to a litter of animals; make a place messy by strewing garbage around; strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"

turmoil collapse

disarray collapse: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)

confused collapse: mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"; lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"; having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"

reversal collapse: a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"; a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside; a decision to reverse an earlier decision; turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"

hash collapse: chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned; chop up; "hash the potatoes"

jumble collapse: small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie; assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"; be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"

shuffle collapse: the act of mixing cards haphazardly; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"; walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"; move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS"

reverse collapse: (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction; the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed; the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design; an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating; a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"; of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear"

tumble collapse: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end; do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully; suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat; put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"; fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"; throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"; roll over and over, back and forth; fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

upset collapse: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"; the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"; a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging; mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"; disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"; defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"; cause to lose one's composure

huddle collapse: (informal) a quick private conference; a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women"; crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"; crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"

backward collapse: directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"; (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"; retarded in intellectual development; in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"

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