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

Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.

From The Daily Beast

A former minister of energy, Yuriy Boiko, tops the Opposition Bloc's list for Sunday elections.

From The Daily Beast

But unfortunately, along that way, we had some mesh tank tops and we had some baggy denim Sean John jumpsuits— JACOB: Sean John!

From The Daily Beast

Then, the sexual revolution exploded and women left their tops in the sand altogether.

From The Daily Beast

The shards of one can be used to cut someone (never mind the constant availability of soup-can tops).

From The Daily Beast

The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.

From Project Gutenberg

This tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.

From Project Gutenberg

He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.

From Project Gutenberg

Here and there are left a few plants without having their tops broken off, in order that they may afford seeds for another year.

From Project Gutenberg

"I couldn't pay anybody anything—unless it was clover-tops," he explained.

From Project Gutenberg

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