Definitions for TOPS

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TOPS tops

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IPA: /tɒps/

Tops is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in TOPS (opst).

Definitions for TOPS

noun

1. the tops, top1 (def 22).
2. the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
3. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything.
4. the higher end of anything on a slope.
5. British. a part considered as higher: high gear of an automobile.
6. tops. the part of a plant that grows above ground, especially of an edible root. one of the tender tips of the branches or shoots of plants.
7. the part of anything that is first or foremost; beginning:
8. the highest or leading place, position, rank, etc.:
9. the highest point, pitch, or degree:
10. a person or thing that occupies the highest or leading position.
11. the best or choicest part:
12. a covering or lid, as of a container or vehicle.
13. the head.
14. any of various outer garments for the upper body, as a blouse, shirt, or sweater:
15. Nautical. a platform surrounding the head of a lower mast on a ship, and serving as a foothold, a means of extending the upper rigging, etc.
16. Chemistry. the part of a mixture under distillation that volatilizes first.
17. Bridge. the best card of a suit in a player's hand. (in duplicate bridge) the best score on a hand.
18. Sports. a stroke that hits the ball above its center. the forward spin given to the ball by such a stroke.
19. Baseball. the first half of an inning. the first three batters in the batting order.
20. Slang. the dominant partner in a sexual relationship or encounter, especially the penetrator in anal intercourse (opposed to bottom).
21. Textiles. a cluster of textile fibers, especially tow, put on a distaff. a strand of the long wool fibers in sliver form, separated from noil by combing and wound into a large ball. a similar strand of rayon.
22. Jewelry. crown (def 27).
23. the tops, Informal. the most outstanding person or thing in ability, favor, etc.:
24. a toy, often inversely conical, with a point on which it is made to spin.

Idioms

1. blow one's top, Informal. to become enraged; lose one's temper. to go mad; become insane:
2. off the top of one's head, Informal. head (def 78).
3. on top, successful; victorious; dominant:
4. on top of, over or upon. in addition to; over and above. close upon; following upon: in complete control:
5. on top of the world, successful. elated:
6. over the top, Military. over the top of the parapet before a trench, as in issuing to charge against the enemy. surpassing a goal, quota, or limit. beyond normal limits; outrageously extreme or excessive:
7. top oneself, Chiefly British. to kill oneself.
8. sleep like a top, to sleep soundly:

adverb

1. at a maximum; at most:

adjective

1. ranked among the highest, as in ability, performance, comprehensiveness, or quality:
2. pertaining to, situated at, or forming the top; highest; uppermost; upper:
3. highest in degree; greatest:
4. foremost, chief, or principal:

Verb phrases

1. top off, to climax or complete, especially in an exceptional manner; finish: to fill (a partly full container) completely:
2. top out, to finish the top of (a structure). to reach the highest level.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with a top; put a top on.
2. to be at or constitute the top of.
3. to reach the top of.
4. to rise above:
5. to exceed in height, amount, number, etc.
6. to surpass, excel, or outdo:
7. Theater. (in spoken dialogue) to reply in a voice of greater volume or higher pitch:
8. to surmount with something specified:
9. to remove the top of; crop; prune: Synonyms: lop, shear.
10. to get or leap over the top of (a fence, barrier, etc.).
11. Chemistry. to distill off only the most volatile part of (a mixture).
12. Sports. to strike (the ball) above its center, giving it a forward spin. to make (a stroke) by hitting the ball in this manner.
13. to top-dress (land).
14. Obsolete. to have coitus with (a woman).

verb (used without object)

1. to rise aloft.

Origin of TOPS

First recorded in 1930-35; plural of top¹

Examples for TOPS

Her tops, like those of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen.

Already has not its aurora brightened the tops of my snow-covered mountains?

The peasantry used to eat its tops as greens, and cook the roots in stews.

A former minister of energy, Yuriy Boiko, tops the Opposition Bloc's list for Sunday elections.

He tops the concoction with a shot of bourbon and delicately spoons in a couple ice cubes.

Now—there stood the wall, there stood the ash-trees and their tops were waving to and fro.

Texas now tops New York in population, and Florida should be there by 2020.

Then, the sexual revolution exploded and women left their tops in the sand altogether.

Some, who were finishing their lunch, got on the tops of their tubs.

It also, as it happens, is a great movie, with a 79 Metacritic score that tops every other blockbuster released this summer.