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

• ponto, ponto-

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.