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tope¹

  • /toʊp/ US
  • /təʊp/ UK

Sounds like taupe · Rhymes with -əʊp

Where it comes from

Alteration of obsolete top (“to drink”), as in top (off).

verb topes · toping · toped

  1. archaic, intransitive To drink excessively; to get drunk. [I]f he has been toping all Night vvith his pretty Landlady Thetis; ſo has your Lordſhip vvith ſvveet little Jenny at the Thatcht-Houſe, […]

tope²

  • /toʊp/ US
  • /təʊp/ UK

Sounds like taupe · Rhymes with -əʊp

noun topes

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

tope³

  • /toʊp/ US
  • /təʊp/ UK

Sounds like taupe · Rhymes with -əʊp

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu).

noun topes

  1. India A grove of trees. 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.

tope⁴

  • /toʊp/ US
  • /təʊp/ UK

Sounds like taupe · Rhymes with -əʊp

Where it comes from

Probably from Pali thūpa. Doublet of stupa.

noun topes

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

tope⁵

  • /toʊp/ US
  • /təʊp/ UK

Sounds like taupe · Rhymes with -əʊp

Where it comes from

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.

noun topes

  1. India, obsolete A cannon (weapon). They found him strongly posted near the fortress of Deeg, in the midst of bogs, tanks, and topes, and formidably defended by artillery.

Tope⁶

proper noun Topes

  1. A surname.

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verb to drink excessively

Françaischopiner
Русскийпья́нствовать pʹjánstvovatʹ

noun Galeorhinus galeus

Españolcazón
Русскийку́нья аку́ла kúnʹja akúla

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"tope." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tope. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tope. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tope

Chicago

"tope." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tope.

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@misc{tope_2026,
  title = {tope},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tope},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}