Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small shark (Galeorhinus galeus) that has a long pointed snout and is commercially harvested for food and oil.
- transitive & intransitive verb To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Australasian shark, Galeus australis. It differs somewhat from
Galeus galeus , the tope of Great Britaiu. In Australia also calledschool-shark. E. E. Morris , Austral English. - To drink alcoholic liquors to excess, especially to do so habitually.
- Same as
top . - noun The European wren.
- noun A kind of shark, the miller's-dog or penny-dog, Galeorhinus galeus, or Galeus canis; also, one of several related sharks of small size, some of them also called
dogfish . - noun The popular name for a type of Buddhist monument, which may be considered as a tumulus of masonry, of domical or tower-like form, many specimens of which occur in India and southeastern Asia, intended for the preservation of relics or the commemoration of some event.
- noun In India, a grove or clump of trees: as, a toddy- tope; a cane -tope.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
- noun India A grove or clump of trees.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small shark or dogfish (
Galeorhinus galeus syn.Galeus galeus ), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called alsotoper ,oil shark ,miller's dog , andpenny dog . - noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The wren.
- intransitive verb To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small, grey, European
shark , Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout. - verb archaic To drink excessively; to get
drunk .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
- verb drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The other kind of tope is unofficial, but I have dubbed it the inverse, or reverse, tope.
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The other kind of tope is unofficial, but I have dubbed it the inverse, or reverse, tope.
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The other kind of tope is unofficial, but I have dubbed it the inverse, or reverse, tope.
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The reverse tope is simply where a couple of volunteers dig a trench in the road, side to side, to curb the ardour of the nascent psychopath.
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Like its forerunner, the reverse tope is liable to be any depth or width; it depends on the whim of the spade wielders, or perhaps how deeply they had descended towards the bottom of a tequila bottle.
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Like its forerunner, the reverse tope is liable to be any depth or width; it depends on the whim of the spade wielders, or perhaps how deeply they had descended towards the bottom of a tequila bottle.
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The reverse tope is simply where a couple of volunteers dig a trench in the road, side to side, to curb the ardour of the nascent psychopath.
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Like its forerunner, the reverse tope is liable to be any depth or width; it depends on the whim of the spade wielders, or perhaps how deeply they had descended towards the bottom of a tequila bottle.
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The infamous Mexican tope is a murderous roadway device meant to slow vehicular traffic.
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The infamous Mexican tope is a murderous roadway device meant to slow vehicular traffic.
hernesheir commented on the word tope
It's a fish, a bird, or a stupa. You pick.
January 2, 2012