Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, a hat or cap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An antelope (
Damaliscus corrigum jimela ) having a glossy purplish brown coat. It is related to the blesbok and is native of East Africa. Also, any of various related varieties of other districts south of the Sahara.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An antelope of the species Damaliscus korrigum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal
- noun a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun
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Examples
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The American paragraphers also had fun with the word "topi," for they thought a topi was a sun hat much worn in the hot countries.
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And above all, there seems to have been no official protest and no feeling that the abandonment of the topi was a subtle blow at white prestige.
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Knots of smiling men, dapper in their dhaka topi hats, press their palms together to greet old friends.
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Knots of smiling men, dapper in their dhaka topi hats, press their palms together to greet old friends.
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Knots of smiling men, dapper in their dhaka topi hats, press their palms together to greet old friends.
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Knots of smiling men, dapper in their dhaka topi hats, press their palms together to greet old friends.
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January 17th, 2009 at 11: 26 am Said: fcuk u nepalis aka topi aka Bhaate …. did you all eat your morning bhaat?
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In consecinta este incorect sa vorbesti despre temperatura obtinuta in laborator; iar apoi sa spui ca protonii s-ar putea "topi" este o mare bazaconie.
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The ranger who found her told Neal what he could read from the ground, that she had cut straight through the herd, a terrible mistake, because the topi antelope were nearing the end of their rut and the hyenas, there to pick off the weaker males as they collapsed from exhaustion, were waiting for her at the crest of the hill.
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The ranger who found her told Neal what he could read from the ground, that she had cut straight through the herd, a terrible mistake, because the topi antelope were nearing the end of their rut and the hyenas, there to pick off the weaker males as they collapsed from exhaustion, were waiting for her at the crest of the hill.
vanishedone commented on the word topi
I was thinking of the kind of antelope, which presumably is not worn as a hat, but for all I know that may be at least as common a sense.
November 29, 2007
sionnach commented on the word topi
And the hat that the antelope would wear would presumably be called a topkapi.
November 29, 2007
bilby commented on the word topi
From Malay. There's a children's song which goes:
Topi saya bundar
Bundar topi saya
Kalau tidak bundar
Bukan topi saya.
My hat is round
Round is my hat
If it were not round
It would not be my hat.
Used to teach the difference between the two negations and indeed between two kinds of nominal phrases. Now that's a hat.
November 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word topi
Topkapi? Haha!
November 29, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word topi
Or a topkepi?
November 29, 2007