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