high-top
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of high-top
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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Most visitors take items for their flight or eat while standing up at high-top tables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Tenor Sam Oladeinde amply filled Mercury's high-top sneakers for Saturday's performance while the chorus was bolstered by the National Youth Choir, the BBC Singers and soprano Louise Alder for the famous "Bismillah!" section.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
Gatwa's Time Lord arrives in half of 14th’s clothes – the button-down shirt, casually undone tie, high-top sneakers, and cotton boxer briefs, leaving his predecessor in his undershirt and suit, sans sneakers.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
Guests — most of whom are strangers — fill the seats around high-top and picnic-style tables and dive in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Others came because a relative or hometown buddy said, Man, you best see this place before you die; or, We got room now, so pack your suitcase and don’t bring no high-top shoes.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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