topper

Significado (Inglês)

1. (masculine) someone or something excellent; a belter, a ripper
2. (masculine) the greater scaup, Aythya marila

Conceitos

zarro-bastardo

Sinônimos

toppereend

hooghtepunt

Traduções

Bergente

fuligule milouinan

scaup

moretta grigia

porrón bastardo

greater scaup

máximo

sivri

Höhepunkt

karabaş patka

Schlager

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtɔ.pər/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From top + -er.
The bird name is generally taken to derive from the noun top ("top"), not the adjective top ("great, amazing"). Some have instead adduced the dialectal word dobber (referring to both the greater scaup and the tufted duck), which was apparently current in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen at some point, with devoicing of both d- (to t-) and -bb- (to -pp-) yielding this form.