noun
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an informal name for top hat
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a person or thing that tops
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informal a remark that caps the one before
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Researchers also found a pair of broken glasses; an IV needle with a bottle topper; a brass item with writing, perhaps a cigarette case; and a button with Japanese-looking iconography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Although Megan didn’t offer a reason for her departure, the move comes amid a recent health scare and some personal upheaval for the “Hot Girl Summer” chart topper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
I briefly consider breakfast-for-dinner — biscuits and eggs are always tempting — but land instead on a skillet chicken pot pie: chicken, frozen vegetables, cream, and biscuits as the topper.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
Serious crab keepers install a second story to their tank, called a topper, that functions as a playground.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
She was wearing her short pink topper and the small red hat that tilted over one eye so that she looked like a refugee starlet from the Gold Diggers film series.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Cooling mattress toppers and bedding that use water or phase change materials may also help.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
We also have merch drops, where we’ll give away something, like straw toppers and bumper stickers, with a drink purchase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
They played at concerts with chart toppers like the Temptations, the Righteous Brothers, Marvin Gaye and the Rolling Stones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
The event is made up of tribute artists for chart toppers such as Abba, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Vengaboys.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
The "croppers" I got where the fences were tall, And Oh the immaculate "toppers" That always were crushed by my fall.
From Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field by Various
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