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Webster 1913 Edition

Tope

Tope

(tōp)
,
Noun.
[Probably from Skr.
stūpa
a tope, a stupa, through Prakrit
thūpo
.]
A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.

Tope

,
Noun.
[Tamil
tōppu
.]
A grove or clump of trees;
as, a toddy
tope
.
[India]
Whitworth.

Tope

,
Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
A small shark or dogfish (
Galeorhinus galeus
syn.
Galeus galeus
), native of
Europe
, but found also on the coasts of
California
and
Tasmania
; – called also
toper
,
oil shark
,
miller’s dog
, and
penny dog
.
2.
(Zool.)
The wren.
[Prov. Eng.]

Tope

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Toped
(tōpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Toping
.]
[F.
tôper
to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer,
tôpe
agreed!; – perhaps imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a bargain. From being used in English as a drinking term, probably at first in accepting a toast.]
To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.
If you
tope
in form, and treat.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tope

TOPE

,
Noun.
A fish of the shark kind, the squalus galeus of Linne.

TOPE

,
Verb.
I.
To drink hard; to drink strong or spiritus liquors to excess.
If you tope in form, and treat--

Definition 2024

tope

tope

See also: topé and -tope

English

Verb

tope ‎(third-person singular simple present topes, present participle toping, simple past and past participle toped)

  1. (archaic) To drink excessively; to get drunk.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

tope ‎(plural topes)

  1. A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
Translations

Etymology 3

From Tamil.

Noun

tope ‎(plural topes)

  1. (India) A grove of trees.
    a toddy tope
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Whitworth to this entry?)

Etymology 4

Probably from Pali, ultimately cognate to stupa.

Noun

tope ‎(plural topes)

  1. A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.

Hoyahoya

Noun

tope

  1. meat

Reference

Italian

Noun

tope f pl

  1. plural of topa

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic top, whence topar.

Noun

tope m ‎(plural topes)

  1. butt, end, butt end
  2. top, limit
  3. stop, catch, snag (also figuratively)
  4. collision
  5. quarrel, fight
  6. reinforcement
  7. (railway) buffer, bumper
  8. (nautical) masthead, lookout
  9. (Mexico) speed bump
  10. (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) equestrian parade usually held on the first day of a festival

Synonyms

  • borda f (Honduras)
  • túmulo m (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras)

Derived terms

References

“tope” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.

Verb

tope

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of topar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of topar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of topar.

Swahili

Noun

tope (ma class, plural matope)

  1. mud

Etymology

Pronunciation

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