Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to top out
Participle: topped out
Gerund: topping out
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | top out |
| you | top out |
| he;she;it | tops out |
| we | top out |
| you | top out |
| they | top out |
Perfect
| I | have topped out |
| you | have topped out |
| he;she;it | has topped out |
| we | have topped out |
| you | have topped out |
| they | have topped out |
Past
| I | topped out |
| you | topped out |
| he;she;it | topped out |
| we | topped out |
| you | topped out |
| they | topped out |
Pluperfect
| I | had topped out |
| you | had topped out |
| he;she;it | had topped out |
| we | had topped out |
| you | had topped out |
| they | had topped out |
Future
| I | will top out |
| you | will top out |
| he;she;it | will top out |
| we | will top out |
| you | will top out |
| they | will top out |
Future Perfect
| I | will have topped out |
| you | will have topped out |
| he;she;it | will have topped out |
| we | will have topped out |
| you | will have topped out |
| they | will have topped out |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | top out |
| you | top out |
| he;she;it | top out |
| we | top out |
| you | top out |
| they | top out |
Perfect
| I | have topped out |
| you | have topped out |
| he;she;it | have topped out |
| we | have topped out |
| you | have topped out |
| they | have topped out |
Imperfect
| I | topped out |
| you | topped out |
| he;she;it | topped out |
| we | topped out |
| you | topped out |
| they | topped out |
Pluperfect
| I | had topped out |
| you | had topped out |
| he;she;it | had topped out |
| we | had topped out |
| you | had topped out |
| they | had topped out |
Conditional
Present
| I | would top out |
| you | would top out |
| he;she;it | would top out |
| we | would top out |
| you | would top out |
| they | would top out |
Perfect
| I | would have topped out |
| you | would have topped out |
| he;she;it | would have topped out |
| we | would have topped out |
| you | would have topped out |
| they | would have topped out |
Imperative
| you | top out |
| we | Let's top out |
| you | top out |
Verbs conjugated like 'top'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'top'
bop,
cop,
dop,
hop,
lop,
mop,
nop,
oop,
op,
pop,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To kill, murder.
- slay, kill, top off
- to be better than
- best, better, dwarf, eclipse, exceed, excel, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outperform, outrival, outrun, outshadow, outshine, outstrip, outvie, overshadow, pass, put to shame, surpass, transcend, trump, upstage
- excel
- exceed, surpass, outdo, beat
- prune
- crop, truncate, lop, pollard
Additional Information
Etymology
1. From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)).
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), Cimbrian sòpf (“braid”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), German Topp (“top of a mast”), Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Luxembourgish Zapp (“plait, tress”), Vilamovian cöp (“braid, plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), Danish top (“top”), Icelandic toppur (“top”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Italian zuffa (“brawl”).
3. The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.
Sample Sentences
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[...] on Miss Marie's dress, and she slapped my face; and I spoke out before I thought, and was saucy; and she said that she'd bring me down, and have me know, once for all, that I wasn't going to be so topping as I had been; and she wrote this, and says I shall carry it. I'd rather she'd kill me, right out. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)