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Topping

/ˈtɒpɪŋ/

To cover on the top or with a top.

📖 Definitions of "Topping"

verb
  1. 1

    To cover on the top or with a top.

    "I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce."

  2. 2

    To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

    "I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair."

  3. 3

    To excel, to surpass, to beat.

    "Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar."

  4. 4

    To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

    "Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s."

noun
  1. 1

    Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.

  2. 2

    The act of cutting off the top of something.

  3. 3

    The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

  4. 4

    Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom.

adjective
  1. 1

    Wonderful

  2. 2

    Assuming superiority; proud.

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