housetop

[ hous-top ]

/ ˈhaʊsˌtɒp /

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noun

the top or roof of a house.

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Idioms about housetop

from the housetops, publicly; generally: The day I got my promotion I wanted to shout it from the housetops.

Origin of housetop

First recorded in 1520–30; house + top¹

Words nearby housetop

house sparrow, house spider, house style, house surgeon, house-to-house, housetop, house trailer, house-train, house-trained, House Un-American Activities Committee, housewares

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How to use housetop in a sentence

Once more, and at greater peril than ever, Jack went on the housetop to reconnoitre.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
Let him sit with me here any night on my housetop and he will see the sad effects of sectarian reform and newspaper hysteria.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2|Various
Again he dived at it, like a hawk after a pigeon, and again he zoomed up over the housetop.
The Flying Reporter|Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
And again, how with the short gun I slew a pigeon on a housetop and tore the head from its body?
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell

Looking down from a housetop the red fezzes and the gay-colored abas made the crowd look like a vast field of poppies.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for housetop

housetop

/ (ˈhaʊsˌtɒp) /

noun

the roof of a house

proclaim from the housetops to announce (something) publicly

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