atop

[uh-top] Example Sentences Origin

a·top

[uh-top]
adjective, adverb
1.
on or at the top.
preposition
2.
on the top of: atop the flagpole.

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Atop is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1650–60; a-1 + top1
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Example Sentences
  • Millions more have now clothes to wear, or have a roof atop their heads.
  • Serve atop mashed potatoes for a satisfying comfort meal.
  • Center the large pot atop the steel mesh and slide it down the tubing until it sits firmly on the mesh.
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atop (əˈtɒp)
 
adv
1.  on top; at the top
 
prep
2.  on top of; at the top of

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Word Origin & History

atop
1650s, from a- (1) + top. Two words or hyphenated at first; not fully established as one word till late 19c.
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