topping
verb
- 1
To cover on the top or with a top.
“I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.”
- 2
To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
“I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.”
- 3
To excel, to surpass, to beat.
“Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.”
- 4
To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
“Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.”
- 5
To commit suicide.
“Depression causes many people to top themselves.”
- 6
To murder.
- 7
(BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
“Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".”
- 8
(gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
- 9
(gay sexuality) To anally penetrate.
- 10
To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
“lofty ridges and topping mountains”
- 11
To predominate.
“topping passions”
- 12
To excel; to rise above others.
- 13
To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- 14
(dyeing) To cover with another dye.
“to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening”
- 15
To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- 16
To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
- 17
(of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
- 18
To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- 19
To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- 20
To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
noun
- 1
Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.
- 2
The act of cutting off the top of something.
- 3
The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
- 4
Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom.
- 5
The tail of an artificial fly.
adjective
- 1
Wonderful
- 2
Assuming superiority; proud.
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