Definition of "tope" [tope]

• To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking. (verb-transitive)
• A small, rough-skinned, widely distributed shark (Galeorhinus galeus) having an elongated conical snout. (noun)
• See stupa. (noun)

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• "The other kind of tope is unofficial, but I have dubbed it the inverse, or reverse, tope."
• "Like its forerunner, the reverse tope is liable to be any depth or width; it depends on the whim of the spade wielders, or perhaps how deeply they had descended towards the bottom of a tequila bottle."
• "The reverse tope is simply where a couple of volunteers dig a trench in the road, side to side, to curb the ardour of the nascent psychopath."