tops

[tops]

adjective

1. ranked among the highest, as in ability, performance, comprehensiveness, or quality.

   His work is tops. That car is tops.

adverb

1. at a maximum; at most.

   It'll take an hour, tops. I'll give you $25 for that, tops.

noun

1. the tops. top.

tops

/ tɒps /

noun

1. a person or thing of top quality

adjective

1. (postpositive) excellent; superb

Word History and Origins

Origin of tops¹

First recorded in 1930–35; plural of top ¹

Example Sentences

Under normal circumstances she would have been thrilled to visit Russia, a fascinating place where the tops of important buildings were shaped like onions and everyone’s favorite soup was made of beets.

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Globes were spun ’round like tops, and the capital cities of midsized European nations were identified with an impressive degree of accuracy, by current and former students alike.

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The company’s menswear line is the official underwear partner of the NBA, and its bras, tops and sweatpants for women are hugely popular.

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By about 9:00 P.M., the water in unit 1 had boiled down to below the tops of the reactor’s fuel rods, and they were most likely already melting.

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Read: McDonald’s push to make meals affordable is working as sales growth tops expectations, again.

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