Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To push or throw over.

    The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.

    stürzen, umkippen

    опроки́дыватьoprokídyvatʹ, опроки́нутьoprokínutʹ, вали́тьvalítʹ

    повали́тиpovalýty, вали́тиvalýty

  2. To overturn.

  3. (figuratively)To overthrow something.

    to topple one's rival

  4. (intransitive)To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so.

    The pile of pennies began to topple.

    umfallen, umkippen, wackeln

    вали́тьсяvalítʹsja, повали́тьсяpovalítʹsja, опроки́дыватьсяoprokídyvatʹsja

    валитисяvalytysja

    fall down, as if collapsing

Examples

19 sentences

  1. Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.

    ruТе книги, похоже, вот-вот упадут.

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  2. Construction site toppled by strong winds.

    ruСильные ветры сдули строительную площадку.

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  3. Rodrigo accidentally toppled the jar over.

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  4. Sami was toppled off the political pedestal.

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  5. How could there be unbroken eggs under a toppled nest?

    deWie können da unbeschädigte Eier unter einem umgestürzten Nest sein?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something:
to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so:
Русский
By meaning 2
to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something:
to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something:
to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so:

Origin

From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).

From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).

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Forms

topples, toppling, toppled, toppled
Base formtopple · to topple
3rd person singulartopples
Present participletoppling
Past simpletoppled
Past participletoppled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytopple
he, she, ittopples

Past simpleLesson

all personstoppled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave toppled
he, she, ithas toppled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill topple

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cause to topple or tumble by pushing:tumbletip
  • fall down, as if collapsing:tumble

Word family

6 related words
Derivedovertoppletopple overtopplertopplesometopplyuntoppled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
topologytoponymtoppingtopstor
topple — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto