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[ top-ing ] / ˈtɒp ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR topping ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that tops. a distinct part forming a top to something. something put on a thing at the top to complete it, as a sauce or garnish placed on food. toppings, the parts removed in topping or cropping plants, as branches. adjectiverising above something else; overtopping. very high in rank, degree, etc. Chiefly British Informal. excellent; wonderful. Origin of topping1300–50; Middle English: top part; see top1, -ing1, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM toppingun·top·ping, adjectiveWords nearby toppingtopos, topotype, top out, topper, toppie, topping, topping lift, topple, top quark, toprail, top round Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for toppingBake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the juices are bubbly and the topping is browned. The Barefoot Contessa Knows How To Make Us Crumble|Ina Garten|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was the most expensive Senate race in history, topping $113 million, of which more than $80 million came from outside groups. Undo Citizens United? We’d Only Scratch the Surface|Jedediah Purdy|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST After topping Chestnut numerous times this season, and based on his early pace it looks like David might actually trump Goliath. How to Stomach a Hot Dog Eating Contest|Robert Silverman|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Two years and $8 million in additional investments later, and the app was topping charts in the iTunes App Store. Thank Ukraine's Spies for WhatsApp|Nina Strochlic|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet at the same time, there is no topping the radical quality of the Snowden-led rebellion against omniscient rule. Edward Snowden, Not Pope Francis, Is the Person of the Year|James Poulos|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST The jib-halyard had a block on the sail, and then, with the topping lift, came down on the port side. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy"|John MacGregor At the end of ten or twelve hours we have a refilling or topping out, as we call it; usually this is enough. The Story of Glass|Sara Ware Bassett The sun was just topping the eastern hills; the heads of the trees were dark against a primrose sky. The Valley of Vision|Henry Van Dyke The house where I am billeted is owned by a topping old man. Letters from France|Isaac Alexander Mack The plate is then dusted with "topping powder," a resinous substance which adheres only to the parts carrying the ink. The Preparation of Illustrations for Reports of the United States Geological Survey|John L. Ridgway
British Dictionary definitions for topping
nounsomething that tops something else, esp a sauce or garnish for food angling part of a brightly-coloured feather, usually from a golden pheasant crest, used to top some artificial flies adjectivehigh or superior in rank, degree, etc British slang excellent; splendid Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to toppingplunge, frosting, garnish, sauce, meringue |