name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tope
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /toʊp/
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Received-Pronunciation: /təʊp/
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rhymes with -əʊp
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homophone: taupe
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CMU ARPABET: T OW1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A grove of trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
Examples
- 1868?, James Grant, First Love and Last Love Concealed among the long rank grass of the mango tope the three lurkers watched the gate of the camp; but though many passcd out and in, the rider on the bay mare was not one of the number.
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noun
Meaning 4
A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A cannon (weapon).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 6
To drink excessively; to get drunk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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noun
Meaning 7
a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stupa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrine
verb
Meaning 8
drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The husband drinks and beats his wife
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drink
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: use, habituate
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu).
Probably from Pali thūpa. Doublet of stupa.
Borrowed from Hindi तोप (top), which in turn is borrowed from Classical Persian توپ (tōp). Ultimately loaned from a Turkic word, which is derived from Proto-Turkic *top. Compare Turkish top.
Alteration of obsolete top (“to drink”), as in top (off).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: cazón — Galeorhinus galeus
- Asturian: mielga — Galeorhinus galeus
- Asturian: tolla — Galeorhinus galeus
- Czech: psohlav obecný — Galeorhinus galeus
- Faroese: gráhávur — Galeorhinus galeus
- Irish: gearrthóir — Galeorhinus galeus
- Manx: coo glass — Galeorhinus galeus
- Russian: ку́нья аку́ла (kúnʹja akúla) — Galeorhinus galeus
- Spanish: cazón — Galeorhinus galeus
- Ottoman Turkish: كوپك بالغی (köpek balığı) — Galeorhinus galeus
- Bulgarian: пи́я (píja) — to drink excessively
- Bulgarian: пиянствам (pijanstvam) — to drink excessively
- Czech: opíjet se — to drink excessively
- French: chopiner — to drink excessively
- Norman: toper — to drink excessively
- Russian: пья́нствовать (pʹjánstvovatʹ) — to drink excessively