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

Marine One and Marine Two are specially adapted aircraft known as "white tops" because of their livery.

From BBC

It will turn colder here, perhaps even cold enough for some wintriness over the very tops of the Scottish mountains by the weekend.

From BBC

Santa Monica Pier routinely tops the yearly list of the state’s dirtiest beaches by environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay, which tests waters up and down the California coast for fecal bacteria, which can harm beachgoers.

From Los Angeles Times

Nepal also tops the list of foreign students in India, with more than 13,000 out of some 47,000, according to the latest official data.

From BBC

In this case, those spot fires were in the tops of trees.

From Los Angeles Times

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