Topping may refer to: * Hill-topping, a mate-acquisition strategy amongst insects * Topping, slang term for

capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

, especially hanging or beheading *

Topping (surname) Topping is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chris Topping (born 1951), English former footballer * Dan Topping (1912–1974), former owner of the New York Yankees * George Topping (1881–1958), former Australian rule ...

, the name of several people *

Topping (agriculture) Topping is a process by which a mower or similar implement is used to "top", or remove, the aerial part of a crop, in order to prevent seed formation and distribution onto the soil. Typically, a set-aside cover crop is topped in July or August, to ...

, a practice used to prevent seed distribution *

Top, bottom and versatile In human sexuality, top, bottom, and versatile are roles during sexual activity, especially between two men. A ''top'' is usually a person who penetrates, a ''bottom'' is usually one who receives penetration, and someone who is ''versatile'' e ...

, a sexual role *

Topping from the bottom The terms top, bottom, and switch are used to describe roles for the duration of a sexual act or they may more broadly denote a psychological, social, or sexual identity, or indicate one's usual preference. The terms top, bottom, and switch are al ...

, a BDSM term *

Topping cycle A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. On land, when used to make electricity the most common type is called a combined cycle gas turb ...

, a cycle used in power plants *

Topping out In building construction, topping out (sometimes referred to as topping off) is a builders' rite traditionally held when the last beam (or its equivalent) is placed atop a structure during its construction. Nowadays, the ceremony is often parlaye ...

, a ceremony at the completion of a building construction *

Tree topping Tree topping is the practice of removing whole tops of trees or large branches and/or trunks from the tops of trees, leaving stubs or lateral branches that are too small to assume the role of a terminal leader. Other common names for the practice i ...

, the practice of removing branches from the top of a tree Places: * Topping, Ontario, a community in Southwestern Ontario, Canada *

Roseberry Topping Roseberry Topping is a distinctive hill in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Great Ayton and Newton under Roseberry. Its summit has a distinctive half-cone shape with a jagged cliff, which has led to many comparisons with the much h ...

, a hill in England Foods: *

Pizza topping Pizza (, ) is a dish of Italian origin consisting of a usually round, flat base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and often various other ingredients (such as various types of sausage, anchovies, mushrooms, onions ...

, a food on top of pizza *

Wet walnut topping Wet walnuts or just walnut topping is a dessert topping made from walnuts and maple syrup. Sometimes simple syrup, corn syrup, sugar or brown rice syrup is used instead of (or in combination with) the maple syrup. Wet walnut topping is similar in ...

, a dessert topping made from walnuts and maple syrup *

Whipped topping Whipped cream is liquid heavy cream that is whipped by a whisk or mixer until it is light and fluffy and holds its shape, or by the expansion of dissolved gas, forming a firm colloid. It is often sweetened, typically with white sugar, and ...

, a non-dairy whipped cream substitute

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