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tope en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /toʊp/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /təʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Alteration of obsolete top (“to drink”), as in top (off).

Meanings

1. (archaic, intransitive) To drink excessively; to get drunk.
   • [I]f he has been toping all Night vvith his pretty Landlady Thetis; ſo has your Lordſhip vvith ſvveet little Jenny at the Thatcht-Houſe, […] [1709], Tho[mas] d’Urfey, The Modern Prophets: Or, New Wit for a Husband. A Comedy. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:

Forms

Deriveds

toper

Translations (6)

fr chopiner (to drink excessively) · nrf toper (to drink excessively) · cs opíjet se (to drink excessively) · bg пиянствам (to drink excessively) · ru пья́нствовать (to drink excessively) · bg пи́я (to drink excessively)

tope en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /toʊp/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /təʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.

Forms

Translations (10)

fo gráhávur (Galeorhinus galeus) · ru ку́нья аку́ла (Galeorhinus galeus) · ota كوپك بالغی (Galeorhinus galeus) · ast mielga (Galeorhinus galeus) · es cazón (Galeorhinus galeus) · gv coo glass (Galeorhinus galeus) · ga gearrthóir (Galeorhinus galeus) · ast tolla (Galeorhinus galeus) · cs psohlav obecný (Galeorhinus galeus) · ast cazón (Galeorhinus galeus)

tope en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /toʊp/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /təʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu).

Meanings

1. (India) A grove of trees.
   • 1868?, James Grant, First Love and Last Love Concealed among the long rank grass of the mango tope the three lurkers watched the gate of the camp; but though many passcd out and in, the rider on the bay mare was not one of the number.
   • In addition, a memorandum was kept containing receipts and issues of toddy drawn at a toddy tope. 2011, Chandra Mallampalli, Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India:

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tope en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /toʊp/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /təʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Probably from Pali thūpa. Doublet of stupa.

Meanings

1. A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.

Forms

tope en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• /toʊp/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /təʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi तोप (top), which in turn is borrowed from Classical Persian توپ (tōp). Ultimately loaned from a Turkic word, which is derived from Proto-Turkic *top. Compare Turkish top.

Meanings

1. (India, obsolete) A cannon (weapon).
   • They found him strongly posted near the fortress of Deeg, in the midst of bogs, tanks, and topes, and formidably defended by artillery. 1857, Cassell's Illustrated History of England, page 269:

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