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

Stanford University tops the list of the best U.S. colleges in the latest WSJ/College Pulse rankings.

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Products arriving earlier than normal are so-called core items, such as oxford shirts, polo tops and sweaters, rather than seasonal items, CFO Picicci said.

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American Eagle regularly tops the list of denim brands favored by Gen Z consumers.

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Marine One and Marine Two are specially adapted aircraft known as "white tops" because of their livery.

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It will turn colder here, perhaps even cold enough for some wintriness over the very tops of the Scottish mountains by the weekend.

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