overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

topping.

Wonderful.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈtɑpɪŋ/General-American/ˈtɒpɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Wonderful.

    UK · dated · informal
  2. Assuming superiority; proud.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English toppyng; equivalent to top + -ing.

noun/ˈtɑpɪŋ/General-American/ˈtɒpɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.

    countable · uncountable
    Pepperoni and mushrooms are common pizza toppings.
  2. The act of cutting off the top of something.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The tail of an artificial fly.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English toppyng; equivalent to top + -ing.

verb/ˈtɑpɪŋ/General-American/ˈtɒpɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. present participle and gerund of top

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

From Middle English toppyng; equivalent to top + -ing.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

topping has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

topping studiotopping workshello, topping

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.