See topple on Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "topple over"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "top",
"3": "le",
"pos2": "frequentative verb suffix"
},
"expansion": "top + -le (frequentative verb suffix)",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "topples",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "toppling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "toppled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "toppled",
"tags": [
"past"
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}
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"expansion": "topple (third-person singular simple present topples, present participle toppling, simple past and past participle toppled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"top‧ple"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To push or throw over."
],
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"push",
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],
[
"throw",
"throw"
],
[
"over",
"over"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To push or throw over."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "yıxmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "devirmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "çevirmək"
},
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbarjam",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "събарям"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prekaturvam",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "прекатурвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "tombar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "enderrocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuīfān",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "推翻"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
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},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
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"word": "převrhnout"
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{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
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},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "svrhnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "vælte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "styrte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "omstyrte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "renverser"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "of statues",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "déboulonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "derrubar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "estomballar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "stürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "umkippen"
},
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatrépo",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "ανατρέπω"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anapodogyrízo",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "αναποδογυρίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "dönt"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "leborít"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "felborít"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "ledönt"
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{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "velta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "abbattere"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "abbattersi"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "whakahinga"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "turaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "styrte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "velte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przewracać"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przewrócić"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "derrubar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokídyvatʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опроки́дывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokínutʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "опроки́нуть"
},
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"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valítʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вали́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povalítʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "повали́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svergátʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сверга́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svérgnutʹ",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "све́ргнуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "derribar"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "tippa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "välta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "stjälpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "störta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "piṉ taḷḷutal",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "பின் தள்ளுதல்"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "paḍagoṭṭu",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "పడగొట్టు"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povalýty",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "повали́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "valýty",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вали́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 12 11 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something",
"word": "stårer"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To overturn."
],
"id": "en-topple-en-verb-pHrxjR4C",
"links": [
[
"overturn",
"overturn"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to topple one's rival",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:",
"text": "Barla Von: Most people think I deal in finances, but my real currency is knowledge. I trade information and it has made me very wealthy.\nBarla Von: But the Shadow Broker is the true master. Every day, he buys and sells secrets that could topple governments, always giving them to the highest bidder.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2023 May 24, Nicholas Nehamas, “Ron DeSantis Joins 2024 Race, Hoping to Topple Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "He now confronts the daunting endeavor of toppling a former president whose belligerence and loyal base of support have discouraged most leading Republicans — including, up to now, Mr. DeSantis — from making frontal attacks against him.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To overthrow something."
],
"id": "en-topple-en-verb-2uwbmqeK",
"links": [
[
"overthrow",
"overthrow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) To overthrow something."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The pile of pennies began to topple.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XV, page 24:",
"text": "[…] yonder cloud\nThat rises upward always higher,\nAnd onward drags a labouring breast,\nAnd topples round the dreary west,\nA looming bastion fringed with fire.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so."
],
"id": "en-topple-en-verb-TbHhRPt1",
"links": [
[
"totter",
"totter"
],
[
"fall",
"fall"
],
[
"lean",
"lean"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaplašvam da padna",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "заплашвам да падна"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "vinclar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎoxià",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "倒下"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kácet se"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "překotit se"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "převrhnout se"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "vælte"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "tomber"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "chuter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "umfallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "umkippen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "wackeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katapípto",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "καταπίπτω"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "klonízomai",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "κλονίζομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "eldől"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "felborul"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "dől"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "reclinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "reclinarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valítʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вали́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povalítʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "повали́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokídyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опроки́дываться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokínutʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "опроки́нуться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čeburáxnutʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"humorous",
"perfective"
],
"word": "чебура́хнуться"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "padyate",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "पद्यते"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "recargar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "tippa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "valytysja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "валитися"
}
]
}
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]
},
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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"rhymes": "-ɒpəl"
}
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"word": "καταπίπτω"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "klonízomai",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "κλονίζομαι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "eldől"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "felborul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "dől"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "reclinare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "reclinarsi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valítʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вали́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povalítʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "повали́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokídyvatʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "опроки́дываться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oprokínutʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "опроки́нуться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čeburáxnutʹsja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"tags": [
"humorous",
"perfective"
],
"word": "чебура́хнуться"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "padyate",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "पद्यते"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "recargar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "tippa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "valytysja",
"sense": "to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so",
"word": "валитися"
}
],
"word": "topple"
}
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"Rhymes:English/ɒpəl",
"Rhymes:English/ɒpəl/2 syllables",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Sanskrit translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tamil translations",
"Terms with Telugu translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Walloon translations"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "top",
"3": "le",
"pos2": "frequentative verb suffix"
},
"expansion": "top + -le (frequentative verb suffix)",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "topples",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "topple (plural topples)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"top‧ple"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A fall (an instance of falling over)."
],
"links": [
[
"fall",
"fall"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) A fall (an instance of falling over)."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A cascade of dominoes falling, such that each fall causes the next domino to topple."
],
"links": [
[
"cascade",
"cascade"
],
[
"domino",
"domino"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɑpl̩/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɒpl̩/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-topple.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-topple.wav.mp3",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒpəl"
}
],
"word": "topple"
}
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