What does tôpe mean?
Definitions for tôpe
toʊptôpe
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Princeton's WordNet
stupa, topeverb
a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
drink, topeverb
drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
"The husband drinks and beats his wife"
Wiktionary
topenoun
A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
topeverb
To drink excessively; to get drunk.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To TOPEverb
To drink hard; to drink to excess.
Etymology: topff, German, an earthen pot;toppen, Dutch, to be mad. Stephen Skinner prefers the latter etymology; toper, Fr.
If you tope in form and treat,
’Tis the sour sauce to the sweet meat,
The fine you pay for being great. Dryden.
ChatGPT
tope
A tope is a type of religious building, or monument, predominantly found in South Asia. Also known as a "stupa," it is typically a dome-like structure associated with Buddhism. The term "tope" can also refer to a limit or boundary in other contexts.
Webster Dictionary
Topenoun
a moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic
Topenoun
a grove or clump of trees; as, a toddy tope
Topenoun
a small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / 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
Topenoun
the wren
Topeverb
to drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tope
tōp, v.i. to drink hard or to excess: to tipple:—pr.p. tō′ping; pa.p. tōped.—n. Tō′per, a drunkard. [From tope, an obs. verb 'to drink hard,' from the phrase to top off, sig. 'to drink off at one draught.']
Tope
tōp, n. a Buddhist tumulus for the preservation of relics, of more or less solid masonry, in which the relics are deposited—the oldest spherical, others having polygonal bases, originally crowned with an umbrella-shaped finial, and surrounded by a carved stone railing with elaborately carved gateway. [Corr. from Sans. stūpa, a heap.]
Tope
tōp, n. a small species of British shark—the Miller's dog and Penny dog.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Tope
the popular name in Buddhist countries for a species of cupola-shaped tumulus surmounted by a finial, in shape like an open parasol, the emblem of Hindu royalty; these parasol finials were often placed one upon the top of the other until a great height was reached; one in Ceylon attains a height of 249 ft., with a diameter of 360 ft.; were used to preserve relics or to commemorate some event.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
tope
A small-sized Chinese junk. Also, the Galeus vulgaris, a kind of shark. Also, a small grove of trees in India.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TOPE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tope is ranked #18007 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tope surname appeared 1,550 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Tope.
89.5% or 1,388 total occurrences were White.
4% or 62 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.5% or 39 total occurrences were Black.
1.6% or 25 total occurrences were Asian.
1.6% or 25 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for tôpe »
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poet
peto
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tôpe in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tôpe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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