topnotch

or top-notch

[top-noch]

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adjective

first-rate: a topnotch job.

Origin of topnotch

First recorded in 1820–30; top¹ + notch

Synonyms

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outstanding, notable, superior.

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Examples from the Web for top-notch

Contemporary Examples

And from the start, with top-notch production values certainly upgraded from a “YouTube video,” Alpha House did.
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Kevin Fallon
October 24, 2014
With top-notch designers, developers, and producers, they can even transform their own platforms.
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Abby Haglage
October 8, 2014
Besides, he was left-handed, and top-notch left-handed golfers are almost as rare as left-handed catchers.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man
John Lardner
May 17, 2014
His pedigree is top-notch, but his political experience still green.
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Nicholas McCarvel
April 17, 2014
Even the presenters, with the exceptions of Efron and Travolta, were top-notch.
Surprise! Ellen DeGeneres is the Best Oscars Host in a Decade
Marlow Stern
March 3, 2014

Historical Examples

That was real railroading, the top-notch of railroading, too.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories
Various
Collins suspected that the man was not a top-notch researcher and so was in administration.
Security
Ernest M. Kenyon
There was never any trouble in booking it at the top-notch price.
Strictly Business
O. Henry
I could paddle at top-notch speed all night long for what's ahead of us.
The Chief of the Ranges
H. A. Cody
It's the crownin' top-notch of the whole business, havin' you come, too.
Dorothy at Skyrie
Evelyn Raymond

British Dictionary definitions for top-notch

top-notch

adjective

informal excellent; superb

Derived Formstop-notcher, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for top-notch

adj.

also top notch, 1848, from top (n.1) + notch (n.). Figurative of the "highest point" of something, but the exact mechanical image is uncertain.

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for top-notch

Contemporary Examples

And from the start, with top-notch production values certainly upgraded from a “YouTube video,” Alpha House did.

With top-notch designers, developers, and producers, they can even transform their own platforms.

Besides, he was left-handed, and top-notch left-handed golfers are almost as rare as left-handed catchers.

His pedigree is top-notch, but his political experience still green.

Even the presenters, with the exceptions of Efron and Travolta, were top-notch.

Historical Examples

That was real railroading, the top-notch of railroading, too.

Collins suspected that the man was not a top-notch researcher and so was in administration.

There was never any trouble in booking it at the top-notch price.

I could paddle at top-notch speed all night long for what's ahead of us.

It's the crownin' top-notch of the whole business, havin' you come, too.

top-notch

Word Origin and History for top-notch

adj.

Origin of topnotch