tope
verb (used without object)
to drink alcoholic liquor habitually and to excess.
is toping
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present progressiveof tope (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Two years later he is toping and caroling in an inn, faced with ruin and the loss of Jean Armour, whose father will not let him marry her.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every night, when Vermuijden is away, he is toping and playing—and losing, for the men he plays with know all his tricks and more.
From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton
