Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)A fall (an instance of falling over).

  2. A cascade of dominoes falling, such that each fall causes the next domino to topple.

Examples

19 sentences

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

    ruТе книги, похоже, вот-вот упадут. — odexed

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  2. Construction site toppled by strong winds.

    ruСильные ветры сдули строительную площадку. — xmoffx

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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? — Esperantostern

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Origin

From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).

From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).

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Forms

plural: topples
Singulartopple
Pluraltopples

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
topologytoponymtoppingtopstor

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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