topping

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English toppyng; equivalent to top +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑpɪŋ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɒpɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ Hyphenation: top‧ping === Verb === topping present participle and gerund of top ==== Derived terms ==== topping cycle === Adjective === topping (comparative more topping, superlative most topping) (UK, informal, dated) Wonderful. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent (archaic) Assuming superiority; proud. === Noun === topping (countable and uncountable, plural toppings) Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza. The act of cutting off the top of something. (nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other. (nautical) Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom. (fishing) The tail of an artificial fly. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (food item added on top): garnish ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== top off topper-offer ==== Translations ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English topping. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtopin/ [ˈt̪o.pĩn] Rhymes: -opin Syllabification: top‧ping === Noun === topping m (plural toppings) topping (of food) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.