rooftopping

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noun

A form of urban exploration by accessing a rooftop to acquire skyline photography, often done illegally with the risk of personal injury.

OriginEnglish rooftop ← Middle English rof ← Old English hrōf →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounrooftopping (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of urban exploration by accessing a rooftop to acquire skyline photography, often done illegally with the risk of personal injury.

    In recent years rooftopping has spiked in popularity, attracting a more diverse set of practitioners.

    2015 February 17, Bradley L Garrett, “Meet the rooftoppers: the urban outlaws who risk everything to summit our cities”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2020

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
buildering

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*hrōfą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*hrōf
  3. Old Englishhrōf
  4. Middle Englishrof
  5. Englishroof
  6. Englishtop
  7. Englishrooftop
  8. Englishrooftopping

From rooftop + -ing.

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APA

rooftopping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rooftopping

MLA

“rooftopping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rooftopping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rooftopping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rooftopping.

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