Topping
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- Hill-toppingHill-toppingHill-topping is a mate-location behaviour seen in many insects including butterflies, dragonflies, wasps, beetles and flies.Males of many butterfly species may be found flying up to and staying on a hilltop - for days on end if necessary. Females, desirous of mating, fly up the hill...
, a mate-acquisition strategy amongst insects - Topping, slang term for capital punishmentCapital punishmentCapital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
, especially hanging or beheading - Topping (surname)Topping (surname)Topping is an Old English/ Norse origin it means dweller on top of the hill.The surname Topping may refer to:* Chris Topping , English former footballer* Dan Topping , former owner of the New York Yankees...
, the name of several people - Topping (agriculture)Topping (agriculture)Topping is a process by which a mower or similar implement is used to "top", or remove, the aerial part of a crop, in order to prevent seed formation and distribution onto the soil. Typically, a set-aside cover crop is topped in July or August, to prevent seed production and subsequent soil...
, a practice used to prevent seed distribution - Top, bottom and versatile, a sexual role
- Topping from the bottom, a BDSM term
- Topping cycle, a cycle used in power plants
- Topping outTopping outIn building construction, topping out is a ceremony held when the last beam is placed at the top of a building. The term may also refer to the overall completion of the building's structure, or an intermediate point, such as when the roof is dried in...
, a ceremony at the completion of a building construction - Tree toppingTree toppingTree topping is the practice of removing whole tops of trees or large branches and/or trunks from the tops of trees, leaving stubs or lateral branches that are too small to assume the role of a terminal leader. Other common names for the practice include hat-racking, heading, rounding over, and...
, the practice of removing branches from the top of a tree - Topping News, the name of the social news portal
Places:
- Topping, Ontario, a community in Southwestern Ontario , Canada
- Roseberry ToppingRoseberry ToppingRoseberry Topping is a distinctive hill on the border between North Yorkshire and the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, England. It is situated near Great Ayton and Newton under Roseberry. Its summit has a distinctive half-cone shape with a jagged cliff, which has led to many comparisons with the...
, a hill in England
Foods:
- Pizza topping, a food on top of pizza
- Wet walnut topping, a dessert topping made from walnuts and maple syrup
- Whipped toppingWhipped toppingWhipped topping is imitation whipped cream. Like other ersatz products, there are various reasons for using an imitation:* To exclude dairy ingredients to avoid milk allergies.* To support food taboos such as veganism or kosher meat and milk rules....
, a non-dairy whipped cream substitute