Wiktionary
a. (context idiomatic English) In complete disarray. adv. 1 (context idiomatic US English) Tumbling upside down. 2 (context idiomatic US English) Frantically. alt. 1 (context idiomatic US English) Tumbling upside down. 2 (context idiomatic US English) Frantically.
Usage examples of "ass over teakettle".
Billy Lee pulled the trigger, and a burst of nine-millimeter slugs went downrange, and the black kid tumbled ass over teakettle into the weeds.
The maneuver just about got Mike a view of nipple which caused her to blush and back up so fast she nearly went ass over teakettle.
Fortunately, it was only moving at 5 mph - not fast enough to break anything, only to send Profane, garbage can and lettuce leaves flying ass over teakettle in a great green shower.
He handed you that chunk of gold, and you knocked him ass over teakettle.
She would prize the image of the fat man going ass over teakettle with his fish tank for as long as she lived.
When the women teleported him into the saddle he barely had time to grab the reins before the great brute reared, nearly flinging him ass over teakettle backward.
Keep using the magic name, snap Eric back into an activated state every time he came out of it, go straight down the stairs at him, snatch the gun from his hand, knock him ass over teakettle, clip him alongside the head with the butt of the gun, just hard enough to knock him unconscious without leaving him comatose for life, and then tie him up with whatever was at hand.