ontop

ontop

See also: on top

English

Preposition

ontop

  1. Misspelling of on top.
  2. (dialect or nonstandard) atop.
    • 1980, O. A. Bushnell, Ka'A'Awa: A Novel About Hawaii in the 1850s, page 85:
      " [] he wen' t'row da buggah right ovah da cleef too, ontop all da res'."
    • 2005, Red Jordan Arobateau, Fisherpeople., page 97:
      Senor Poochie at his feet, reclining like a Queen; and Nino eyeing them from ontop the table, her paws resting on an empty plate.
    • 2006, Dan Bomkamp, Thanks Thunderfoot, page 152:
      We pulled over to the shore, dragged the boat up ontop the sandbar, stretched our legs and ate some sandwiches.

Anagrams

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English on top.

Preposition

ontop

  1. on, on top
    • 2019 March 27, “How NYSC corpers fit get di free laptops and phones wey EU wan dash dem”, in BBC News Pidgin[1], archived from the original on 22 June 2023:
      Any NYSC member wey dey interested need to send in entry ontop social media: Instagram and Twitter.
      Any NYSC member who is interested needs to send in an entry on social media: Instagram and Twitter.