Definition of topple Topple

/tɑˈpʌl/ - [tapul] - top•ple

We found 8 definitions of topple from 5 different sources.

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What does topple mean?

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Verb

topples, toppling, toppled  

topple - cause to topple or tumble by pushing
  tumble, tip
  force, push impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
topple - fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"
  tumble
  descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
  keel over turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • topple (v. i.)
    To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
  • topple (v. t.)
    To throw down; to overturn.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • topple
    top′l, v.i. to fall forward: to tumble down. [Freq. of top.]

Part of speech

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  • topple, verb, present, 1st person singular of topple (infinitive).
  • topple, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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