Definitions for Topping

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Topping top·ping

Spelling: [top-ing]

IPA: /ˈtɒp ɪŋ/

Topping is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in Topping (ginoppt).

Definitions for Topping

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that tops.
2. a distinct part forming a top to something.
3. something put on a thing at the top to complete it, as a sauce or garnish placed on food.
4. toppings, the parts removed in topping or cropping plants, as branches.
5. the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
6. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything.
7. the higher end of anything on a slope.
8. British. a part considered as higher: high gear of an automobile.
9. tops. the part of a plant that grows above ground, especially of an edible root. one of the tender tips of the branches or shoots of plants.
10. the part of anything that is first or foremost; beginning:
11. the highest or leading place, position, rank, etc.:
12. the highest point, pitch, or degree:
13. a person or thing that occupies the highest or leading position.
14. the best or choicest part:
15. a covering or lid, as of a container or vehicle.
16. the head.
17. any of various outer garments for the upper body, as a blouse, shirt, or sweater:
18. Nautical. a platform surrounding the head of a lower mast on a ship, and serving as a foothold, a means of extending the upper rigging, etc.
19. Chemistry. the part of a mixture under distillation that volatilizes first.
20. Bridge. the best card of a suit in a player's hand. (in duplicate bridge) the best score on a hand.
21. Sports. a stroke that hits the ball above its center. the forward spin given to the ball by such a stroke.
22. Baseball. the first half of an inning. the first three batters in the batting order.
23. Slang. the dominant partner in a sexual relationship or encounter, especially the penetrator in anal intercourse (opposed to bottom).
24. Textiles. a cluster of textile fibers, especially tow, put on a distaff. a strand of the long wool fibers in sliver form, separated from noil by combing and wound into a large ball. a similar strand of rayon.
25. Jewelry. crown (def 27).
26. the tops, Informal. the most outstanding person or thing in ability, favor, etc.:

Idioms

1. blow one's top, Informal. to become enraged; lose one's temper. to go mad; become insane:
2. off the top of one's head, Informal. head (def 78).
3. on top, successful; victorious; dominant:
4. on top of, over or upon. in addition to; over and above. close upon; following upon: in complete control:
5. on top of the world, successful. elated:
6. over the top, Military. over the top of the parapet before a trench, as in issuing to charge against the enemy. surpassing a goal, quota, or limit. beyond normal limits; outrageously extreme or excessive:
7. top oneself, Chiefly British. to kill oneself.

adjective

1. rising above something else; overtopping.
2. very high in rank, degree, etc.
3. Chiefly British Informal. excellent; wonderful.
4. pertaining to, situated at, or forming the top; highest; uppermost; upper:
5. highest in degree; greatest:
6. foremost, chief, or principal:

Verb phrases

1. top off, to climax or complete, especially in an exceptional manner; finish: to fill (a partly full container) completely:
2. top out, to finish the top of (a structure). to reach the highest level.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with a top; put a top on.
2. to be at or constitute the top of.
3. to reach the top of.
4. to rise above:
5. to exceed in height, amount, number, etc.
6. to surpass, excel, or outdo:
7. Theater. (in spoken dialogue) to reply in a voice of greater volume or higher pitch:
8. to surmount with something specified:
9. to remove the top of; crop; prune: Synonyms: lop, shear.
10. to get or leap over the top of (a fence, barrier, etc.).
11. Chemistry. to distill off only the most volatile part of (a mixture).
12. Sports. to strike (the ball) above its center, giving it a forward spin. to make (a stroke) by hitting the ball in this manner.
13. to top-dress (land).
14. Obsolete. to have coitus with (a woman).

verb (used without object)

1. to rise aloft.

Origin of Topping

1300-50; Middle English: top part; see top¹, -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for Topping

Yet at the same time, there is no topping the radical quality of the Snowden-led rebellion against omniscient rule.

He had made a raid on the pantry, he said, and enlivened the way by topping off his dinner with them.

If something's gone wrong, they won't have any appetite, topping.

Two years and $8 million in additional investments later, and the app was topping charts in the iTunes App Store.

It was the most expensive Senate race in history, topping $113 million, of which more than $80 million came from outside groups.

After topping Chestnut numerous times this season, and based on his early pace it looks like David might actually trump Goliath.

Good fishing to the Charming Lass, high line and topping full!

Let the topping and training be the same as directed for the early ones.

Jack Cardigan called it "stunning," "ripping," "topping," and "corking."

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the juices are bubbly and the topping is browned.