Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to top sb up
Participle: topped sb up
Gerund: topping sb up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | top sb up |
| you | top sb up |
| he;she;it | tops sb up |
| we | top sb up |
| you | top sb up |
| they | top sb up |
Perfect
| I | have topped sb up |
| you | have topped sb up |
| he;she;it | has topped sb up |
| we | have topped sb up |
| you | have topped sb up |
| they | have topped sb up |
Past
| I | topped sb up |
| you | topped sb up |
| he;she;it | topped sb up |
| we | topped sb up |
| you | topped sb up |
| they | topped sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had topped sb up |
| you | had topped sb up |
| he;she;it | had topped sb up |
| we | had topped sb up |
| you | had topped sb up |
| they | had topped sb up |
Future
| I | will top sb up |
| you | will top sb up |
| he;she;it | will top sb up |
| we | will top sb up |
| you | will top sb up |
| they | will top sb up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have topped sb up |
| you | will have topped sb up |
| he;she;it | will have topped sb up |
| we | will have topped sb up |
| you | will have topped sb up |
| they | will have topped sb up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | top sb up |
| you | top sb up |
| he;she;it | top sb up |
| we | top sb up |
| you | top sb up |
| they | top sb up |
Perfect
| I | have topped sb up |
| you | have topped sb up |
| he;she;it | have topped sb up |
| we | have topped sb up |
| you | have topped sb up |
| they | have topped sb up |
Imperfect
| I | topped sb up |
| you | topped sb up |
| he;she;it | topped sb up |
| we | topped sb up |
| you | topped sb up |
| they | topped sb up |
Pluperfect
| I | had topped sb up |
| you | had topped sb up |
| he;she;it | had topped sb up |
| we | had topped sb up |
| you | had topped sb up |
| they | had topped sb up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would top sb up |
| you | would top sb up |
| he;she;it | would top sb up |
| we | would top sb up |
| you | would top sb up |
| they | would top sb up |
Perfect
| I | would have topped sb up |
| you | would have topped sb up |
| he;she;it | would have topped sb up |
| we | would have topped sb up |
| you | would have topped sb up |
| they | would have topped sb up |
Imperative
| you | top sb up |
| we | Let's top sb up |
| you | top sb up |
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)