'Topping' definitions:
Definition of 'topping'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Excellent; best possible [syn: top-flight, top-hole, topping]
noun
A flavorful addition on top of a dish
Definition of 'Topping'
From: GCIDE
- Top \Top\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Topped; p. pr. & vb. n. Topping.]
- 1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. --Derham. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To predominate; as, topping passions. "Influenced by topping uneasiness." --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To excel; to rise above others. [1913 Webster]
- But write thy, and top. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Golf) To strike a ball above the center. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 5. (Naut.) To rise at one end, as a yard; -- usually with up. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Topping'
From: GCIDE
- Topping \Top"ping\, a.
- 1. Rising above; surpassing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, assuming superiority; proud. [1913 Webster]
- The great and flourishing condition of some of the topping sinners of the world. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fine; gallant. [Slang] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Topping'
From: GCIDE
- Topping \Top"ping\, n.
- 1. The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. That which comes from hemp in the process of hatcheling. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Angling) The tail of an artificial fly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 5. something placed on top of another thing, such as a sauce or garnish on food; as, a three-scoop banana split with three different toppings; an ice-cream cone with chocolate fudge topping. [PJC]
- Topping lift (Naut.), a large, strong tackle employed to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'topping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a cut above,
- abacus,
- above,
- acanthus,
- aerial,
- ahead,
- airy,
- altitudinous,
- annulet,
- architrave,
- ascendant,
- ascending,
- aspiring,
- astragal,
- bell,
- better,
- capping,
- capstone,
- chosen,
- cima,
- colossal,
- console,
- consummating,
- coping,
- corbel,
- cornice,
- crown,
- crowning,
- culminating,
- cyma,
- dentil,
- distinguished,
- dominating,
- drip,
- drop,
- eclipsing,
- elevated,
- eminent,
- ethereal,
- exalted,
- exceeding,
- excellent,
- excelling,
- finer,
- finial,
- first-chop,
- first-class,
- first-rate,
- frieze,
- frontispiece,
- frosting,
- greater,
- haughty,
- head,
- header,
- heading,
- headpiece,
- high,
- high-pitched,
- high-reaching,
- high-set,
- high-up,
- higher,
- icing,
- in ascendancy,
- in the ascendant,
- keystone,
- lintel,
- lofty,
- major,
- marked,
- monumental,
- mounting,
- of choice,
- Olympian,
- one up on,
- outstanding,
- outtopping,
- over,
- overlooking,
- overtopping,
- prominent,
- rare,
- rivaling,
- sconce,
- soaring,
- spiring,
- steep,
- sublime,
- super,
- superior,
- superlative,
- supernal,
- surpassing,
- taenia,
- tip-top,
- top-drawer,
- top-hole,
- top-notch,
- topflight,
- topless,
- toplofty,
- tops,
- towering,
- towery,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcending,
- treenail,
- tympanum,
- uplifted,
- upper,
- upreared
Words containing 'Topping'
- To top off,
- Top,
- Top and but,
- Top out,
- Topful,
- Topped,
- Toppingly,
- top off,
- topping off,
- tops,
- From top to toe,
- Monitor top,
- Mountain Top,
- Peg top,
- Round Top,
- Tank top,
- Top billing,
- Top fermentation,
- Top hamper,
- Top minnow,
- Top rake,
- Top secret,
- Top sergeant,
- Topping lift,
- big top,
- calash top,
- gallows top,
- humming top,
- off the top of my head,
- over-the-top,
- spinning top,
- tip top,
- top banana,
- top boot,
- top brass,
- top dog,
- top dressing,
- top executive,
- top hat,
- top heavy,
- top lift,
- top notch,
- top of the inning,
- top of the line,
- top onion,
- top priority,
- top quark,
- top round,
- top shape,
- top side,
- top-down,
- top-up,
- whip top,
- whipping top,
- Broad Top City,
- High-top,
- Mountain Top, PA,
- Round Top, TX,
- Top-armor,
- Top-block,
- Top-boots,
- Top-chain,
- Top-cloth,
- Top-drain,
- Top-draining,
- Top-dress,
- Top-dressed,
- Top-dressing,
- Top-hamper,
- Top-heavy,
- Top-light,
- Top-of-the-World,
- Top-proud,
- Top-rope,
- Top-shaped,
- Top-shell,
- Top-tackle,
- Top-timbers,
- Top-tool,
- Tops-and-bottoms,
- Turban-top,
- caliche-topped,
- celery top pine,
- flat-top,
- flat-topped,
- high-topped,
- rattle-top,
- screw-topped,
- tip-top,
- top fermenting yeast,
- top-flight,
- top-grade,
- top-hole,
- top-notch,
- top-quality,
- top-secret,
- topping-out course,
- Broad Top City, PA,
- Top-of-the-World, AZ,
- celery-topped pine,
- tilt-top table,
- tip-top table,
- white-topped aster,
- flat-topped white aster,
- crested top-knotted topknotted tufted,
- narrow-leaved white-topped aster