topple

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To push or throw over.

   The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.

2. 2
   verb

   To overthrow something.

   to topple one's rival

3. 3
   verb

   To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so.

   The pile of pennies began to topple.

4. 4
   verb

   fall down, as if collapsing

5. 5
   verb

   cause to topple or tumble by pushing

6. 6
   verb

   To overturn.

7. 7
   noun

   A fall (an instance of falling over).

8. 8
   noun

   A cascade of dominoes falling, such that each fall causes the next domino to topple.

Etymology

From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).