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rooftop

[roof-top, roof-]

roof·top

[roof-top, roof-]
noun
the roof of a building, especially the outer surface.

Origin:
1605–15; roof + top1
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Rooftop is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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.
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World English Dictionary
rooftop (ˈruːfˌtɒp)
 
n
1.  the outside part of the roof of a building
2.  shout from the rooftops to proclaim (something) publicly

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Idioms & Phrases

rooftop

see shout from the rooftops.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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