topless
Americanadjective
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lacking a top.
a topless bathing suit.
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nude above the waist or hips.
topless dancers.
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featuring entertainers, waitresses, etc., who are nude above the waist or hips.
a topless bar.
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extremely high.
a topless mountain.
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Obsolete. without a peer.
adjective
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having no top
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denoting a costume which has no covering for the breasts
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wearing such a costume
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archaic immeasurably high
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However, the newly-released footage shows Marshall walking topless through the prison corridors.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
A moment later, Antonio Rüdiger was hurling himself, topless, into a morass of delirious Real Madrid fans.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
The city and its public pools operator will now ensure that men and women are treated equally when it comes to swimming topless, the Berlin state government said in a press release Thursday.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
The husband-and-wife duo took to Instagram to share their Fourth of July activities, which included taking an oceanside ride in a topless truck with the reality star’s youngest kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
With the educations Tansy made me and Lloyd get, we went out into the world – back east to the great boom of the big city, the topless towers of Indianapolis.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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