toper

toper meaning in Tamil and Urdu

Examples of toper in a sentence

• The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Spouter-Inn”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...
• Irons rebelled in her bed, and refused peremptorily to get up again, to furnish the musical topers with rum and lemons, […]1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Narrating how Lieutenant Puddock and Captain Devereux Brewed a Bowl of Punch, and how They Sang and...
• “Well, if you ask me, Barney is a combination of eight ball, mick, and shonicker,” said McArdle, one of the corner topers.1932, James T. Farrell, chapter 6, in Young Lonigan, →ISBN, section 3, page 156:

Synonyms of toper

• alcoholic
• drunkard
• tosspot
• alco
• alkie
• bacchanal
• bacchant
• barfly
• bibber
• booze artist

All synonyms of toper

Forms of toper

Origin of toper

From tope + -er.

Words formed from toper

• toperdom

Words that rhyme with toper

• eloper
• moper
• soper
• sopor

Questions about toper

What does toper mean?

Toper means someone who drinks alcoholic beverages a lot; a drunkard.

What is toper in Tamil?

Toper in Tamil is அடிக்கடியோ அதிகமாகவோ மது அருந்துபவர். See Toper meaning in Tamil.

How do you use toper in a sentence?

The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.

What part of speech is toper?

Toper is a noun.

How do you pronounce toper?

Toper is pronounced /ˈtəʊpə/ (UK).

What is the plural of toper?

The plural of toper is topers.