different between icing vs topping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?s??/
• Rhymes: -a?s??
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Gerund of the verb to ice.

Noun

icing (countable and uncountable, plural icings)

1. A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting.
2. (ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.
3. The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
4. (aviation, meteorology) Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces; icing conditions.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Swedish: icing

Translations

Etymology 2

From the verb to ice.

Verb

icing

1. present participle of ice

Swedish

Etymology

From English icing.

Noun

icing c

1. (sports) icing; a minor violation of rules in hockey

Declension

Further reading

• icing in Svensk ordbok.

English

Etymology

From Middle English toppyng; equivalent to top +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?p??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?p??/
• Rhymes: -?p??
• Hyphenation: top?ping

Verb

topping

1. present participle of top

Derived terms

• topping cycle

Adjective

topping (comparative more topping, superlative most topping)

1. (Britain, informal, dated) wonderful
2. (archaic) Assuming superiority; proud.

   • A second Ground, upon which Men are apt to persuade themselves, that they shall escape the Stroke of Divine Justice for their Sins, is their Observation of the great and flourishing Condition of some of the topping Sinners of the World.

Noun

topping (plural toppings)

1. Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.
2. The act of cutting off the top of something.
3. (nautical) The act of raising one extremity of a spar higher than the other.
4. (nautical) Either of the cables that support the ends of a spar or boom.
5. (fishing) The tail of an artificial fly.

Coordinate terms

• (food item added on top): garnish

Related terms

• top off
• topper-offer

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English topping.

Noun

topping m (plural toppings)

1. topping (of food)