topping
noun
[ ˈtɒpɪŋ ]
• a layer of food poured or spread over a base of a different type of food to add flavour.
• "a cake with a marzipan topping"
topping
adjective
• very good or pleasing; excellent.
• "that really is a topping dress"
top
verb
• exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than.
• "losses are expected to top £100 m this year"
Similar:
exceed,
surpass,
go beyond,
transcend,
better,
best,
beat,
defeat,
excel,
outstrip,
outdo,
outshine,
eclipse,
surmount,
improve on,
go one better than,
cap,
trump,
trounce,
• provide with a top or topping.
• "toast topped with baked beans"
• reach the top of (a hill or other elevation).
• "they topped a rise and began a slow descent"
• kill.
• "I wasn't sorry when he topped himself"
• mishit (the ball or a stroke) by hitting above the centre of the ball.
• "he topped his drive on the fifth hole"
Origin:
late Old English topp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch top ‘summit, crest’.
