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.

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 ¹

Example Sentences

Navigating Los Angeles International Airport — whether departing or arriving — tops the list of frustrating L.A. experiences.

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Sandbanks tops the list as Britain's most expensive seaside location with an average house price of £965,708 in the area last year.

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Looking up, we discover that these are the naked trunks of trees, their reedy, leafless tops scraping against a gray sky.

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The water tower which tops Victor's laboratory is a nod to one such Scottish landmark.

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Demonstrators packed onto the tops of buildings, petrol stations, signal bridges and balconies above a sea of fellow protesters, some of whom held signs declaring: "Better to go to prison than to the army."

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