tr. & intr.v. toped, top·ing, topes Archaic To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking. [Possibly from obsolete tope, interjection used in proposing a toast.] toper n. |
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n. A small shark (Galeorhinus galeus) that has a long pointed snout and is commercially harvested for food and oil. [Origin unknown.] |
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n. See stupa. [Hindi top, probably from Prakrit thūpo, from Sanskrit stūpaḥ, tuft of hair, crown of the head, summit, stupa.] |
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