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rooftop

[ roof-top, roof- ]

noun

  1. the roof of a building, especially the outer surface.


rooftop

/ ˈːˌɒ /

noun

  1. the outside part of the roof of a building
  2. shout from the rooftops
    to proclaim (something) publicly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of rooftop1

First recorded in 1605–15; roof + top 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see shout from the rooftops .
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Example Sentences

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In 2024, officials shut down 13 illegal parties on rooftops and bluffs due to noise ordinance violations and because tickets were being charged, according to reporting from the Santa Barbara Independent.

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A video also showed a rooftop pool in Bangkok spilling over the sides of a swaying building.

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Residents ran into the streets as buildings shook and water splashed from rooftop swimming pools.

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"Being vulnerable is the greatest thing in the world. Sing it from a rooftop."

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If anything, Itoje has got a bit quieter, but his performance are shouting from the rooftops.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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