cold top

American  

[kohld top] / ˈkoʊld ˌtɒp /

Or cold-top

noun

1. a top.

   He hit a cold top off the tee on the fourth hole.

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verb (used with object)

1. Usually cold-top to top.

   Do you have any tips to help me stop cold-topping the ball?

Etymology

Origin of cold top

First recorded in 1995–2000

Example Sentences

When grown cold, top growth on your seedlings will be short and stocky, but the plants’ roots are actively growing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022

Not a cold top, shank, blade; a straight "Grandma playing for the first time" woooooshhhh.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 8, 2018

Plus 800, not surprisingly, was a cold top, 12 match points out of 12.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2012

Plus 500 was a cold top for Gellas and Li.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2012

I must notice another exceedingly injurious effect of insufficient protection, in causing the moisture to settle upon the cold top and sides of the interior of the hive, from whence it drips upon the bees.

From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine)