tops
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒps
Adverb
tops (not comparable)
Translations
maximum
Adjective
tops (not comparable)
- (slang, dated) Great; excellent.
- 1938, Motion Picture Herald (volume 132, issues 7-13, page 61)
- This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.
- 1958, Billboard (5 May 1958, page 139)
- Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.
- 1938, Motion Picture Herald (volume 132, issues 7-13, page 61)
Noun
tops
Noun
tops
- (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field
- Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.
Verb
tops
- third-person singular simple present indicative of top
Anagrams
Spanish
Adjective
tops m pl or f pl
Noun
tops
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