tumble, topple
(verb) fall down, as if collapsing; “The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it”
topple, tumble, tip
(verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
topple (third-person singular simple present topples, present participle toppling, simple past and past participle toppled)
(transitive) to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
(intransitive) to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
• loppet
Source: Wiktionary
Top"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toppling.] Etym: [From Top summit.]
Definition: To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down. Though castles topple on their warders' heads. Shak.
Top"ple, v. t.
Definition: To throw down; to overturn. He topple crags from the precipice. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2025
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
