TOPPLING

Verb

toppling

present participle of topple

Noun

toppling (plural topplings)

The act by which something is toppled.

Source: Wiktionary


TOPPLE

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



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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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