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 ...

, especially hanging or beheading * Topping (surname), the name of several people * Topping (agriculture), 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, a BDSM term * Topping cycle, 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 ...

, 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, 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 s ...

, a non-dairy whipped cream substitute

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