Associations to the word «Topple»

Wiktionary

TOPPLE, verb. To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
TOPPLE, verb. To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
TOPPLE OVER, verb. (idiomatic) To fall over.

Dictionary definition

TOPPLE, verb. Fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it".
TOPPLE, verb. Cause to topple or tumble by pushing.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats