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.
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