tops

[ tops ]

adjective

1. ranked among the highest, as in ability, performance, comprehensiveness, or quality:

   His work is tops. That car is tops.

adverb

1. at a maximum; at most:

   It'll take an hour, tops. I'll give you $25 for that, tops.

noun

1. the tops. top ¹( def 22 ).

tops

/ tɒps /

noun

1. a person or thing of top quality

adjective

1. postpositive excellent; superb

Word History and Origins

Origin of tops¹

First recorded in 1930–35; plural of top ¹none

Example Sentences

And the terrorists that came after him — like Payton Gendron, the self-declared “eco-fascist” who killed 10 Black shoppers in a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, in 2022 and described his crime as a pursuit of “green nationalism.”

From Salon

These tops were sold strictly by mail order within punk magazines.

From Los Angeles Times

A man whose usual job involves setting up big tops at music festivals is preparing to run the world's most southerly post office in Antarctica.

From BBC

If Chromakopia also tops the US charts, it will be Tyler's third number one album, despite the fact he has never achieving a top 10 single.

From BBC

Pollsters and political observers are watching closely for trends among different demographics of voters, including by race in an election where racism has been featured prominently and where a Black woman tops a major party ticket for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times

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