top-off
[top-awf, -of]
noun Australian Slang.
a person who informs on another, often as if by accident or as a joke.
Origin of top-off
First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase top off to inform (on someone)
top
1[top]
noun
adjective
verb (used with object), topped, top·ping.
verb (used without object), topped, top·ping.
Verb Phrases
Origin of top
1before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch top, German Zopf, Old Norse toppr “top”
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Related Words for top off
lade, stuff, pile, carry, cram, pack, stack, store, fill, load, throng, crowd, bind, squeeze, culminate, secrete, stash, tuck, exceed, finishtop off
verb
top
1noun
adjective
verb tops, topping or topped (mainly tr)
Word Origin for top
Old English topp; related to Old High German zopf plait, Old Norse toppr tuft
top
2noun
Word Origin for top
Old English, of unknown origin
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