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 and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence (law), sentence ordering that an offender b ...

, especially hanging or beheading * Topping (surname), 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 Biological dispersal, distribution onto the soil. Typically, a set-aside cover crop is topped ...

, a practice used to prevent seed distribution *

Top, bottom and versatile In human sexuality, top, bottom, and versatile are roles during human sexual activity, sexual activity, especially between two (or more) males. A ''top'' is usually a person who sexual penetration, penetrates, a ''bottom'' is usually one who rec ...

, a sexual role * Topping from the bottom, 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 electric power generation, make electricity the most common type is called ...

, 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 at the top of a structure during its construction. Nowadays, the ceremony is ofte ...

, 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, a food on top of pizza * Wet walnut topping, a dessert topping made from walnuts and maple syrup * Whipped topping, a non-dairy whipped cream substitute

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