upturning
English
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editupturning
- present participle and gerund of upturn
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English upturnynge, equivalent to upturn + -ing and/or up- + turning.
Noun
editupturning (plural upturnings)
- A turning upward.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
- He suffered from frequent 'micro-crises' — upturnings of the eyeballs, associated with transient inability to move or respond; these lasted a few seconds only, and occurred dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of times a day.