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Meaning of topping

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

topping

Pronunciation:/ˈtɒpɪŋ//ˈtɑpɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To cover on the top or with a top.

    Example: I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.

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

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

  3. To excel, to surpass, to beat.

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

    Synonyms:beatbestbetterexceed
  4. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

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

noun

Definitions

  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.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Wonderful

  2. Assuming superiority; proud.