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Webster 1913 Edition
Topple
Top′ple
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Toppled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toppling
.] [From
Top
summit.] To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Though castles
topple
on their warders’ heads. Shakespeare
Top′ple
,Verb.
T.
To throw down; to overturn.
He
topple
crags from the precipice. Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Topple
TOP'PLE
,Verb.
I.
Though castles topple on their warders' heads.
[This word is used chiefly of children when beginning to walk.]
Definition 2024
topple
topple
English
Verb
topple (third-person singular simple present topples, present participle toppling, simple past and past participle toppled)
- to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
- The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator
- to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
- The pile of pennies began to topple
Translations
to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
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to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
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