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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English top (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), from Proto-Indo-European *dumb- (“tail, rod, staff, penis”). Cognate with Scots tap (“top”), North Frisian top, tap, tup (“top”), Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), West Frisian top (“top”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), Low German Topp (“top”), German Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), German Top (“top, summit, peak”), Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Icelandic toppur (“top”). Related also to Old High German zumpfo (“penis”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

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  1. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) The highest part of an object.
    His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
  2. The part viewed, or intended to be viewed, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects.
    Headings appear at the tops of pages. Or, Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.
  3. A lid, cap or cover of a container.
    Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.
  4. A garment worn to cover the torso.
    I bought this top as it matches by jeans.
  5. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
    The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
  6. (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached
  7. (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
  8. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  9. (LGBT, slang) A gay man who likes take an active sexual role rather than a passive role (e.g. to penetrate in anal sex rather than be penetrated).
    I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend likes being the bottom.
  10. (physics) A top quark.
  11. The leaders in a competition
    • 2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, BBC Sport:
      After drawing their first game in Kiev the Potters are now top of Europa League Group E ahead of back-to-back games with Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
  12. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

Synonyms [edit]

  • (part seen, or intended to be seen, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects): head (of a page)
  • (lid): cap, cover, lid
  • (LGBT): pitcher, seme (Japanese fiction)

Antonyms [edit]

  • (part of an object furthest away in the opposite direction from that in which an unsupported object would fall): base, bottom, underside
  • (part seen, or intended to be seen, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects): foot (of a page)
  • (garment): bottoms
  • (BDSM): bottom
  • (gay sexual slang): bottom

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from top (noun)

Translations [edit]

uppermost part
uppermost part of a visual field
lid, cap, cover
garment worn to cover the torso
child’s spinning toy
top of a ship's mast
baseball term
BDSM: dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay
gay sexual slang: gay man who likes to penetrate in anal sex

Verb [edit]

top (third-person singular simple present tops, present participle topping, simple past and past participle topped)

  1. To cover on the top or with a top.
    I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
  2. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
    I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
    Top and tail the carrots.
  3. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
    Titanic was the most-successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
  4. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
    Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
  5. (UK, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
    Depression causes many people to top themselves.
  6. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
    I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.
    Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
  7. (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.

Synonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

to cover on the top or with a top
to cut or remove the top
excel
slang: to murder
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Adjective [edit]

top (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
    She's in the top dance school in
  2. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
    He's a top lawyer.
    That is a top car.

Related terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

informal: best

Adverb [edit]

top (not comparable)

  1. Rated first.
    She came top in her French exam.

Synonyms [edit]

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Anagrams [edit]

Albanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).

Noun [edit]

top

  1. ball

Baure [edit]

Noun [edit]

top

  1. fog

Crimean Tatar [edit]

Noun [edit]

top

  1. ball
  2. lump
  3. cannon

Declension [edit]

    declension of top
nominative top
genitive topnıñ
dative topqa
accusative topnı
locative topta
ablative toptan

Derived terms [edit]

References [edit]

  • Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

Danish [edit]

Noun [edit]

top c (singular definite toppen, plural indefinite toppe)

  1. summit, peak
  2. hairpiece
  3. top (uppermost part, lid, cap, cover, garment worn to cover the torso, child’s spinning toy)

Derived terms [edit]

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of top
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative top toppen toppe toppene
genitive tops toppens toppes toppenes

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

top m (plural toppen, diminutive topje)

  1. top (uppermost part)

Antonyms [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Kurdish [edit]

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Noun [edit]

top f

  1. ball (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)
  2. cannon

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).

Noun [edit]

tȍp m (Cyrillic spelling то̏п)

  1. cannon
  2. (chess) rook

Declension [edit]

    declension of top
singular plural
nominative top topovi
genitive topa topova
dative topu topovima
accusative top topove
vocative tope topovi
locative topu topovima
instrumental topom topovima

Slovene [edit]

Adjective [edit]

tòp

  1. blunt

Declension [edit]

Declension of top (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative top ind
topi def		 topa topo
accusative nominativeinan or genitiveanim topo topo
genitive topega tope topega
dative topemu topi topemu
locative topem topi topem
instrumental topim topo topim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative topa topi topi
accusative topa topi topi
genitive topih topih topih
dative topima topima topima
locative topih topih topih
instrumental topima topima topima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative topi tope topa
accusative tope tope topa
genitive topih topih topih
dative topim topim topim
locative topih topih topih
instrumental topimi topimi topimi

Noun [edit]

tòp m inan.

  1. cannon

Turkish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Turkic tōp, tolp.

Noun [edit]

top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)

  1. ball
  2. cannon
  3. (slang) gay

Declension [edit]

declension of top
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) top toplar
definite accusative (belirtme) topu topları
dative (yönelme) topa toplara
locative (bulunma) topta toplarda
ablative (çıkma) toptan toplardan
genitive (tamlayan) topun topların

Volapük [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek τόπος (topos, “place”).

Noun [edit]

top (plural tops)

  1. place

Declension [edit]

declension of top
singular plural
nominative top tops
genitive topa topas
dative tope topes
accusative topi topis
predicative topu topus
vocative o top! o tops!

Related terms [edit]

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