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Definition of Top off
1. Verb. Finish up or conclude. "Top the evening with champagne"
2. Verb. Fill to the point of almost overflowing. "She topped off the cup"
Definition of Top off
1. Verb. (US English) to fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty ¹
2. Verb. (British English) to complete, to put the finishing touch to (something) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Top Off
Literary usage of Top off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"To top off, to empty at one draught. ... offence (beleeve me) for a young man to
hunt harlots, to top off a canne roundly. ..."
2. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"Pour without straining into a clean glass and top off with whipped cream. ...
Place a spoonful of vanilla ice cream in the center and top off with ..."
3. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1914)
"Pour strawberry fruit over this and top off with whipped cream, pieces of orange,
and maraschino cherry. FRUIT SALAD SUNDAE. A dainty sundae served in a ..."
4. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1896)
"I hardly can agree with Mr. Pearce that it will kill a tree to cut the top off,
because I have grafted trees, that is, stumps, where I cut the whole top off ..."
5. Household Stories, from the Collection of the Bros: Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1883)
"Top-off! " cried the mouse, " that is a singular and wonderful name ! is it common
in your ... "Top-off," answered the cat, drily. " What does it matter ? ..."
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