tope

Meanings

Verb

• To drink excessively; to get drunk.

Noun

• A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
• A grove of trees.
• A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.

Origin

• Alteration of obsolete top, as in top off.
• From Tamil.
• Probably from Pali. stupa.