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English [edit]
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]
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) The highest part of an object.
- His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
- 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.
- A lid, cap or cover of a container.
- Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- I bought this top as it matches by jeans.
- A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
- (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached
- (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- (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.
- (physics) A top quark.
- 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.
- 2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, BBC Sport:
- (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]
Translations [edit]
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Verb [edit]
top (third-person singular simple present tops, present participle topping, simple past and past participle topped)
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
- 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.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat.
- Titanic was the most-successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
- (UK, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
- Depression causes many people to top themselves.
- (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".
- (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
- (kill): top oneself
- untopped
Translations [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
top (not comparable)
- (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
- She's in the top dance school in
- (informal) Very good, of high quality.
- He's a top lawyer.
- That is a top car.
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Translations [edit]
Adverb [edit]
top (not comparable)
- Rated first.
- She came top in her French exam.
Synonyms [edit]
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Statistics [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Albanian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).
Noun [edit]
top
Baure [edit]
Noun [edit]
top
Crimean Tatar [edit]
Noun [edit]
top
Declension [edit]
| 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)
- summit, peak
- hairpiece
- top (uppermost part, lid, cap, cover, garment worn to cover the torso, child’s spinning toy)
Derived terms [edit]
- tophastighed c
- tophue c
- topløs a
- topmøde n
- topnøgle c
- toppakning c
- toppunkt n
- topstilling c
- topstykke n
- fra top til tå
Inflection [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔp
Noun [edit]
top m (plural toppen, diminutive topje)
- top (uppermost part)
Antonyms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Kurdish [edit]
Noun [edit]
top f
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).
Noun [edit]
tȍp m (Cyrillic spelling то̏п)
Declension [edit]
| 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
Declension [edit]
| 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.
Turkish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Turkic tōp, tolp.
Noun [edit]
top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)
Declension [edit]
Volapük [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek τόπος (topos, “place”).
Noun [edit]
top (plural tops)
Declension [edit]
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Kurdish feminine nouns
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