cold top
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of cold top
First recorded in 1995–2000
Example Sentences
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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
But though she has continued to run hot and cold, top coaches will tell you that Stephens should be much higher in the rankings with her talent and tools.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
Not a cold top, shank, blade; a straight "Grandma playing for the first time" woooooshhhh.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 8, 2018
Haugseth took four hearts, one diamond and six clubs for plus 550, a cold top and the best-played deal award.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2015
On the bare and cold top of that mountain which divides Lanark from Dumfriesshire.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
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