Words that rhyme with maintop

adv 1: on, to, or at the top

n 1: (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher [syn: catcher, backstop] 2: (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field 3: a precaution in case of an emergency; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong" v 1: act as a backstop

n 1: a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock [syn: blacktop, blacktopping] v 1: coat with blacktop; "blacktop the driveway"

n 1: the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes [syn: Federal Bureau of Prisons, BoP] 2: an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) [syn: bop, bebop] v 1: dance the bebop [syn: bop, bebop] 2: hit hard [syn: sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash]

n 1: the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide); "the boat headed into the chop" 2: a small cut of meat including part of a rib 3: a jaw; "I'll hit him on the chops" 4: a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball [syn: chop, chop shot] 5: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: chop, chopper] v 1: cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" [syn: chop, chop up] 2: move suddenly 3: form or shape by chopping; "chop a hole in the ground" 4: strike sharply, as in some sports 5: cut with a hacking tool [syn: chop, hack] 6: hit sharply

n 1: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig] v 1: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom] 2: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop]

n 1: the yield from plants in a single growing season [syn: crop, harvest] 2: a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale 3: a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" 4: the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" 5: the stock or handle of a whip 6: a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food [syn: craw, crop] v 1: cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" 2: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" [syn: cultivate, crop, work] 3: yield crops; "This land crops well" 4: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop, graze, pasture] 5: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture] 6: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back]

n 1: the top of a desk 2: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear [syn: background, desktop, screen background]

n 1: a stop that keeps open doors from moving [syn: doorstop, doorstopper]

n 1: a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" [syn: drop, bead, pearl] 2: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling [syn: drop, drib, driblet] 3: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" [syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall] 4: a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: cliff, drop, drop-off] 5: a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) 6: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn: drop, fall] 7: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery [syn: drop curtain, drop cloth, drop] 8: a central depository where things can be left or picked up 9: the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful" v 1: let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes" 2: to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" 3: go down in value; "Stock prices dropped" 4: fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" [syn: sink, drop, drop down] 5: terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket" 6: utter with seeming casualness; "drop a hint"; drop names" 7: stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" [syn: drop, knock off] 8: leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" [syn: drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge] 9: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell, drop, strike down, cut down] 10: lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13" 11: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend, drop] 12: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten, drop] [ant: sharpen] 13: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing, drop] 14: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing, send away, drop] 15: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture" [syn: dribble, drip, drop] 16: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop] 17: take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager" 18: omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's" 19: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart] 20: change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon" 21: fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop" 22: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate] [ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate] 23: give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

n 1: a closely cropped haircut; usually for men [syn: crew cut, flattop] 2: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier]

adv 1: with a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud" 2: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right, flop] n 1: an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second" [syn: floating-point operation, flop] 2: someone who is unsuccessful [syn: flop, dud, washout] 3: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: flop, bust, fizzle] 4: the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" [syn: flop, collapse] v 1: fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair" 2: fall suddenly and abruptly 3: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: fall through, fall flat, founder, flop]

n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]

n 1: a platform at the head of a foremast 2: a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears [syn: forelock, foretop]

n 1: a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top

n 1: the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" [syn: hilltop, brow]

n 1: the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) 2: twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer [syn: hop, hops] 3: an informal dance where popular music is played [syn: hop, record hop] v 1: jump lightly [syn: hop, skip, hop-skip] 2: move quickly from one place to another 3: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country" 4: traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" 5: jump across; "He hopped the bush" 6: make a jump forward or upward

n 1: the roof of a house; "shout it from the housetops"

n 1: a portable computer small enough to use in your lap [syn: laptop, laptop computer]

v 1: cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" [syn: discerp, sever, lop] 2: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back]

n 1: cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors [syn: swab, swob, mop] v 1: to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" [syn: wipe up, mop up, mop] 2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]

v 1: look down on; "The villa dominates the town" [syn: dominate, command, overlook, overtop]

adv 1: with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green" [syn: plop, plunk] n 1: the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash v 1: drop something with a plopping sound 2: drop with the sound of something falling into water 3: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump]

adv 1: like a pop or with a pop; "everything went pop" adj 1: (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) [syn: popular, pop] n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop] 2: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic] 3: a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork [syn: pop, popping] 4: music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love [syn: pop music, pop] v 1: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out] 2: hit a pop-fly; "He popped out to shortstop" 3: make a sharp explosive noise; "The cork of the champagne bottle popped" 4: fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise; "The soldiers were popping" 5: cause to make a sharp explosive sound; "He popped the champagne bottle" 6: appear suddenly or unexpectedly; "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere" [syn: crop up, pop up, pop] 7: put or thrust suddenly and forcefully; "pop the pizza into the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his mouth" 8: release suddenly; "pop the clutch" 9: hit or strike; "He popped me on the head" 10: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill] 11: take drugs, especially orally; "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves" 12: cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound; "The child popped the balloon" 13: burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"

n 1: a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling 2: any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" [syn: property, prop] 3: a propeller that rotates to push against air [syn: airplane propeller, airscrew, prop] v 1: support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building" [syn: prop up, prop, shore up, shore]

n 1: the top of a (usually flat) roof

n 1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: shop, store] 2: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done [syn: workshop, shop] 3: a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop" [syn: shop class, shop] v 1: do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday" 2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott] 3: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" [syn: shop, browse] 4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]

n 1: (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position 2: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base [syn: shortstop, short]

n 1: wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn: slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash] 2: deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop" [syn: slop, mire] 3: (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand; "she carried out the sink slops" 4: (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink; "he lived on the thin slops that food kitchens provided" 5: writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental [syn: treacle, mush, slop, glop] v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: spill, slop, splatter] 2: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop] 3: ladle clumsily; "slop the food onto the plate" 4: feed pigs [syn: slop, swill]

n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid [syn: sop, sops] 2: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings" 3: a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; "rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries" [syn: standing operating procedure, standard operating procedure, SOP, standard procedure] v 1: give a conciliatory gift or bribe to 2: be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid [syn: sop, soak through] 3: dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce" 4: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse]

n 1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" [syn: barter, swap, swop, trade] v 1: exchange or give (something) in exchange for [syn: trade, swap, swop, switch] 2: move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

n 1: the top horizontal work surface of a table

adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)] n 1: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top] 2: the extreme top or summit

n 1: the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant [syn: crown, treetop]

adv 1: without stopping; "we are flying nonstop form New York to Tokyo" adj 1: (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; "a nonstop flight to Atlanta" 2: at all times; "around-the-clock nursing care" [syn: around- the-clock, day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock] n 1: a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination; "how many nonstops are there to Dallas?" [syn: nonstop flight, nonstop]