top-post

noun

A post on an online forum or an email whose contents are placed above a quoted message which is being replied to.

OriginEnglish post ← Middle French poste ← Italian posta →
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Meanings

nountop-post (plural top-posts)

plural top-posts

  1. InternetdatedA post on an online forum or an email whose contents are placed above a quoted message which is being replied to.
verbtop-post (third-person singular simple present top-posts, present participle top-posting, simple past and past participle top-posted)

present singular third person top-posts · participle present top-posting · participle past top-posted · past top-posted

  1. InternetdatedintransitivetransitiveTo make a top-post.

Origin

  1. Englishtop
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  5. Proto-Italic*po
  6. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  10. Proto-Italic*sinō
  11. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  12. Latinpōnō
  13. Latinposita
  14. Italianposta
  15. Middle Frenchposte
  16. Englishpost
  17. Englishtop-post

From top + post.

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Cite this entry
APA

top-post. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top-post

MLA

“top-post.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top-post. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “top-post,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top-post.

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