topknot en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌtɑpˈnɑt/ (US)
- /ˌtɒpˈnɒt/ (Canada, UK)
Etymology
From top + knot.
Meanings
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A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers.
A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot.
1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
- A decorative headdress.
- A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird.
- (Australia, informal) A crested pigeon, or, a topknot pigeon.
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(Australia) The wool shorn from the crown of a sheep.
Dan flung away the belly wool with a flash of the hand; ripped off the ‘top knot’, snipped a bit of wool from round the horns[.]
1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 89:
- Any fish in one of several genera: ▸ The New Zealand topknot, Notoclinus fenestratus
- Any fish in one of several genera: ▸ The Norwegian topknot, Phrynorhombus norvegicus
- Any fish in one of several genera: ▸ The brown topknot, Notoclinus compressus
- Any fish in one of several genera: ▸ Several species in the genus Zeugopterus
- Any fish in one of several genera: ▸ A small European flounder (Phrynorhombus regius, syn. Rhombus punctatus).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| topknots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (33)
ru хохоло́к (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · tl puyod (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · za gotgyauj (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · ru хохо́л (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · fi nuttura (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · pl czub (a decorative headdress) · za gaenqgyaeuj (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · de Haarknoten (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · za dujdiq (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · mi tikitiki (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · uk оселе́дець (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · za duqbyoem (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · ga cnota mullaigh (a decorative headdress) · za gyaeujnaen (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · tl pusod (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · za hotngunh (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · za gyauj (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · grc κρωβύλος (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · ru чуб (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · mi puhi (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · za gyaeujgun (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · mi tihi (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · pl osełedec (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · kk айдар (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · za gaeh (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · af haarknoop (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · tr topuz (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · uk чуб (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · ga cocán gruaige (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · mi ngoi (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · za gaenqcuij (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · ilo pinggol (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head) · sah көҕүл (a decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head)