Home › Words › T › toppingtopping/ˈtɑpɪŋ/topping means wonderful.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, topping ranks #16,733 of 42,747 for Qualifying.topping is pronounced /ˈtɑpɪŋ/.EtymologyFrom Middle English toppyng; equivalent to top + -ing.adjWonderful.e.g.““My boy came home last night,” sang the waitress. “Oh, I say–how topping for you !” gurgled the cashier.” — 1919, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Pictures”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 162:Assuming superiority; proud.nameA surname.nounAny food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.e.g.“Pepperoni and mushrooms are common pizza toppings.”The act of cutting off the top of something.The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom.The tail of an artificial fly.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).