tope

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[təʊp], (Verb)

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- drink alcohol to excess, especially on a regular basis
(e.g: he was toping the while from a flagon of sack)


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Origin:
mid 17th century: perhaps an alteration of obsolete top ‘overbalance’; perhaps from Dutch toppen ‘slant or tilt a ship's yard’


[təʊp], (Noun)

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Origin:
from Punjabi thūp, thop ‘barrow, mound’, apparently related to Sanskrit stūpa


[təʊp], (Noun)

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- (in South Asia) a grove or plantation of trees, especially mango trees


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Origin:
from Telugu tōpu or Tamil tōppu


[təʊp], (Noun)

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- a small greyish slender-bodied shark, occurring chiefly in inshore waters


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Origin:
late 17th century: perhaps of Cornish origin




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