About The Word Upshot
![Bay Area Crosswords Bay Area Crosswords](/images/bayareacrosswords.jpg)
Learn about the word Upshot to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Upshot definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Upshot
![Upshot Meaning & Definition Upshot Meaning & Definition](/images/wordmeaningdefinition.jpg)
Upshot Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Upshot?
[n] a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Upshot: consequence | effect | event | issue | outcome | result Related Terms | Find terms related to Upshot: See Also | aftereffect | aftermath | backwash | branch | brisance | butterfly effect | byproduct | by-product | change | coattails | coattails effect | Coriolis effect | dent | harvest | impact | influence | knock-on effect | materialisation | materialization | offset | offshoot | offspring | outgrowth | phenomenon | placebo effect | position effect | product | repercussion | response | reverberation | side effect | spillover | wake Upshot In Webster's Dictionary \Up"shot`\, n. [Up + shot, equivalent to scot share,
reckoning. Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.]
Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the
result; the consummation.
I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the
upshot. --Shak.
We account it frailty that threescore years and ten
make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence. --De
Quincey.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Ammonium hydroxide ‐ a water solution…
- Wild lupine ‐ stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate…
- Shirodkar's operation ‐ a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix…
- Boston tea party ‐ (American history) demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston…
- Tip-top table ‐ a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted…
- Assertion ‐ a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting…
- Vena cephalica ‐ a large vein of the arm that empties into the…
- Black letter ‐ a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th…
- Tacit ‐ indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly;…
- Show business ‐ those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television…