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Etymology

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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-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin.

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”), Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Icelandic toppur (“top”).

The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.

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Noun

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top (countable and uncountable, plural tops)

  1. The highest or uppermost part of something.
    Synonyms: peak, summit, overside
    Antonyms: bottom, base, underside
    His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
      But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection.
      […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, […].
    1. (irrespective of present orientation) The part of something that is usually highest or uppermost.
      We flipped the machine onto its top.
      • 2013 March 20, Dewayne Carel, “Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], retrieved 1 October 2017:
        To mount the V8, I simply placed it on its top, and then prepped the mobo/CPU for installation (applied thermal compound).
    2. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
      Synonym: (of a page) head
      Antonym: (of a page) foot
      Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.
      Headings appear at the tops of pages.
    3. A lid, cap, or cover of a container.
      Synonyms: cap, coverlid
      Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.
    4. A garment worn to cover the torso.
      Antonym: bottom
      I bought this top as it matches my jeans.
      I like this pyjama top.
    5. A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
    6. (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
    7. (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
  2. The near end of somewhere.
    The patio is at the top of my garden.
    The shop is at the top of my street.
  4. A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.
    The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
  5. Someone who is eminent.
    1. (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
    2. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
      to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school
  6. (finance) A peak price of a security during a trading period, before it begins a downward trend.
    • 1921, The Market Reporter, volumes 3-4, United States. Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates, page 22:
      the daily average price of packer and shipper purchases ranging between $14 and $16. Beginning with the middle of September prices moved sharply upward until a top of $18.25 was reached during the week of Sept. 25. From this high point prices moved downward sharply […]
  8. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a sadomasochistic relationship or roleplay.
    Synonyms: (usually male) dom, dominant, (female) domme, dominatrix
    Coordinate terms: bottom, sub
    1. (loosely, by extension) A dominant partner in a sexual relationship.
  9. (LGBTQ slang) A person who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse.
    Synonym: (US) pitcher
    Coordinate term: bottom
    I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
    • 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 336:
      Jean-Alain is a man of great physical strength, and Jesse is sure he is quite a handful for his tops.
  11. (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE) Oral stimulation of the male member; a blowjob.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oral sex
    • 2016 November 18, J $tash, “Guap”, in No More Distractions‎[2]:
      Running up a check, I'ma drop the top
      Baby gimme neck, you know I want some top
      You ain't tryna fuck, then baby don't just stop
    • 2017, Juice Wrld, “2017 Freestyle”, in Unreleased Songs‎[3]:
      I get some top in my coupe […]
      Look at yo bitch she gon' choose
      She gon' give me top (on my block Avenue)
    • 2017, T-Wayne, “Double Standards” (track 2, 0:42–0:55 from the start), in Forever Rickey:
      I just bought a new Ferrari off the lot,
      said she a virgin but she wanna give me top,
      she need some money so she call my phone a lot,
      I picked it up and then I told that bitch to stop.
    • 2017 December 22, “No Hook”, performed by 61 – Cee Drilla x Beans x Nz x Ruger, 0:53–1:00:
      Man chingy chingy on opps,
      catch ringy ringy, want lots
      And clingy, clingy, got dots
      She is a bad b, she gives tops
    • 2019 March 19, Nav, “Price on My Head”, in Bad Habits‎[4]:
      His bitch gave me some top, and now he wanna send me threats
    • 2019 November 20, Oliver Francis, “I Like”, in The Adventures Of Oliver Francis‎[5]:
      I like gettin' top (Ooh), I like drivin' coupes […]
      Yeah I got Erza Scarlet tryna fuck (Yeah, ooh)
      Gettin' top and watching Crunchyroll
    • 2020 February 21, King Von, “Took Her to the O”, in Levon James‎[6]:
      Just got some top from this stripper bitch, she from Kankakee
    • 2020 August 7, DON RCS, “Top Down”‎[7]:
      She asked to give me some top and I’m down
      Head feeling loose ‘cos I’m lit off the brown
    • 2020 September 11, Ron Suno, “Wraith”‎[8] ft. DDG, chorus first time 0:24–0:27:
      I’m in a wraith with a thot, she gon’ give me some top, cause my music a bop, aye
  12. (particle physics) A top quark.
    Hypernym: flavor
  13. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
  14. (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.
  15. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
    She sang at the top of her voice.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
  16. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
    • 2014, W. J. Johnson, Yarn Works: How to Spin, Dye, and Knit Your Own Yarn, page 32:
      Most cotton is sold as top, requiring only predrafting prior to spinning.
  17. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
    • 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
      Hee was upon the top of his marriage with Magdalaine.
  18. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.[1]
  19. (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
  20. (golf, cue sports, racquet sports) A stroke on the top of the ball.
  21. (golf, cue sports, racquet sports) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin.
    • 1886, E.T.Sachs, The Boys Own Annual: Lawn-Tennis of the Present‎[9], volume 9, page 778:
      What is wanted is just the reverse - i.e top or overspin, which causes the ball to revolve in the direction in which it is going.
  23. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
    • 2014, Jamey Glasnovic, Lost and Found: Adrift in the Canadian Rockies, →ISBN, page 144:
      […] but with only three other tables on the patio apart from myself – two three-tops and a five-top – it's hard to imagine what the holdup is.
    • 2015, Jeff Benjamin, Front of the House: Restaurant Manners, Misbehaviors & Secrets, →ISBN:
      It is uncanny how a server can stand in front of a ten top, without the safety net of pen and paper, and remember every item ordered by each guest including salads, […]
  24. Short for topswarm.
    • 1866, The Scottish Gardener, page 397:
      My first topswarm came off on the 25th June, and a second top on the day following; both were put into skeps of one size, and appeared to be equal as regards the number of Bees.
  25. (military) The First Sergeant or Master Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps), senior enlisted man at company level.
  26. (Philippines, usually in the plural) a shoot (eaten as a vegetable).

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Verb

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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 exceed in height.
  4. To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
    Synonyms: beat, better, best, exceed; see also Thesaurus:exceed
    Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
      Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed, / And my invention thrive, Edmund the base / Shall top th' legitimate. I grow; I prosper
    • 2005 August 23, Leslie Feinberg, “Headwaters of first mass political gay movement rise”, in Workers World‎[10]:
      Within months, sales of ONE magazine were topping 2,000 copies.
    • 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 50:
      The HSDT team, however, had some work to do, although by the end of 1972 the power car interior had been adjusted and BR had agreed to 'double-manning' with extra pay when speeds topped the ton. [exceeded 100 mph]
  5. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
    Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
    • 2013 December 26, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:
      Liverpool topped the table on Christmas Day and, after Arsenal's win at West Ham earlier on Boxing Day, would have returned to the top had they been the first team to beat City at home this season.
  6. 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.
    • 2003, Dan Prendergast, Erin Prendergast, The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance, →ISBN, page 78:
      Topping depletes the tree of stored energy reserves and reduces the tree's ability to produce energy, as a large percentage of the leaves are removed.
  7. (British, slang, reflexive) To commit suicide.
    Depression causes many people to top themselves.
  9. (British, slang, rare, chiefly archaic) To murder or execute.
    Synonyms: kill, murder, slaughter, slay; see also Thesaurus:kill
  10. (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".
  11. (LGBTQ slang, transitive, intransitive) To penetrate during intercourse.
  12. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
    topping passions
  13. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
  14. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
  15. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
    to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
  16. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
  17. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
  18. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
  19. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
  20. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
  21. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

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Adjective

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top (not comparable)

  1. Situated on the top of something.
  2. (informal) Best; of the highest quality, fame or rank.
    She's in the top dance school.
  3. (informal) Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
    He's a top lawyer.
    That is a top car.
    • 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian‎[11]:
      In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
  4. (transgender) Relating to the chest or breasts.
    Coordinate term: bottom
    top surgery

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Adverb

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top (not comparable)

  1. Best, highest.
    Our product is top-rated on all major platforms.
    This is the top-performing school in the area.

Synonyms

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References

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  • “top”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Top”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).

Noun

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top m (plural topa, definite topi, definite plural topat)

  1. ball
    Synonym: gogë
  2. (in the plural) slang for testicles

Declension

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Declension of top
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative top topi topa topat
accusative topin
dative topi topit topave topave
ablative topash

Further reading

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  • “top”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[12], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “top”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[13]

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *top.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)

  1. ball
  2. cannon
  3. (chess) rook
  4. roll (of paper or cloth)
  5. pile, stack
  6. bale, pack

Declension

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Declension of top
singular plural
nominative toptoplar
definite accusative toputopları
dative topatoplara
locative topdatoplarda
ablative topdantoplardan
definite genitive topuntopların
Possessive forms of top
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) topum toplarım
sənin (“your”) topun topların
onun (“his/her/its”) topu topları
bizim (“our”) topumuz toplarımız
sizin (“your”) topunuz toplarınız
onların (“their”) topu or topları topları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) topumu toplarımı
sənin (“your”) topunu toplarını
onun (“his/her/its”) topunu toplarını
bizim (“our”) topumuzu toplarımızı
sizin (“your”) topunuzu toplarınızı
onların (“their”) topunu or toplarını toplarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) topuma toplarıma
sənin (“your”) topuna toplarına
onun (“his/her/its”) topuna toplarına
bizim (“our”) topumuza toplarımıza
sizin (“your”) topunuza toplarınıza
onların (“their”) topuna or toplarına toplarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) topumda toplarımda
sənin (“your”) topunda toplarında
onun (“his/her/its”) topunda toplarında
bizim (“our”) topumuzda toplarımızda
sizin (“your”) topunuzda toplarınızda
onların (“their”) topunda or toplarında toplarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) topumdan toplarımdan
sənin (“your”) topundan toplarından
onun (“his/her/its”) topundan toplarından
bizim (“our”) topumuzdan toplarımızdan
sizin (“your”) topunuzdan toplarınızdan
onların (“their”) topundan or toplarından toplarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) topumun toplarımın
sənin (“your”) topunun toplarının
onun (“his/her/its”) topunun toplarının
bizim (“our”) topumuzun toplarımızın
sizin (“your”) topunuzun toplarınızın
onların (“their”) topunun or toplarının toplarının

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Descendants

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  • → Georgian: თოფი (topi)

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Chess pieces in Azerbaijani · şahmat fiqurları (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
şah vəzir top fil at piyada

Baure

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Noun

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top

  1. fog

Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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top (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. ball
  2. lump
  3. cannon

Declension

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

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References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[14], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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top

  1. second-person singular imperative of topit

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.

Noun

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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)

Inflection

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Declension of top
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative top toppen toppe toppene
genitive tops toppens toppes toppenes

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch top, topp, from Old Dutch *topp, *top, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz. The sexual sense is borrowed from English top.

Noun

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top m (plural toppen, diminutive topje n)

  1. top (uppermost part)
  2. (figurative) apex
  3. summit, peak (high point of a mountain or object)
  4. summit, highest-level assembly
  5. top (piece of women's clothing)
  6. (LGBTQ and BDSM slang) top (active or dominant sexual partner)
    Coordinate term: bottom
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  • Negerhollands: top

Etymology 2

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Either derived from the noun at Etymology 1, or borrowed from English top.

Adjective

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top

  1. (colloquial) great, very good
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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top

  1. (denominal) inflection of toppen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English top.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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top m (plural tops)

  1. top; shirt or garment covering the upper body
  2. a signalling sound; beep

Adjective

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top (feminine toppe, masculine plural tops, feminine plural toppes)

  1. top; best; highest in rank; maximum
  2. excellent; brilliant
  3. (gay slang) top (penetrator)
    Synonym: actif

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Adverb

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top

  1. at most; maximum

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English top.

Adjective

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top (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) top (of the highest quality or rank)
    hopp oder top ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 2022 June 8, Niclas Hildebrand, quotee, “Müller/Tillmanns Aufstieg: Bei WM hoch gehandelt”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung‎[15]:
      “Cinja ist in einer top athletischen Verfassung. Das gilt auch für Svenja”, sagt er.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

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Interjection

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top

  1. Alternative form of topp

Further reading

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  • “top” in Duden online
  • “top” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English top.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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top m (invariable)

  1. (woman's dressing, garment) top

References

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  1. ^ top in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Karaim

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *top. Cognate with Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Crimean Tatar top, Uzbek to‘p, Kazakh доп (dop), Southern Altai топ (top, “round thing”), etc.

Noun

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top

  1. ball

References

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N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “top”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Topf.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
  • Syllabification: top

Noun

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top m inan (diminutive topk or topùszk)

  1. Synonym of kòcelnik

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Khalaj

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Perso-Arabic توْپ

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *top.

Pronunciation

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  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [top], [tŭɔ(ˑ)p]

Numeral

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top (definite accusative topı, plural toplar)

  1. ball

Declension

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Declension of top
singular plural
nominative top toplar
genitive topııñ toplarııñ
dative topqa toplarqa
definite accusative topı topları
locative topça toplarça
ablative topda toplarda
instrumental topla toplarla
equative topvâra toplarvâra

References

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  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Latvian

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Verb

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top

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of tapt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of tapt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of tapt

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English topp, toppa, from Proto-West Germanic *topp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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top (plural toppes)

  1. The summit or top of something, especially a vertical object:
    1. The peak of a mountain or other landform.
    2. The roof or ceil of a house; the top of a fence.
    3. A lid or cap; a removable top or topping.
    4. The head, especially its top or the hair on its top.
  2. A small deck at the dop of a ship's sails.
  3. A cluster or bunch of fibres; a tassel.
  4. A top or whirligig (spinning toy)
  5. The start or introduction of something.
  6. (rare) The tip or end of something; that which something terminates in.

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Mopan Maya

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Adverb

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top

  1. very

References

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  • Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkish top, from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top), from Proto-Turkic *top (“round thing”).

Noun

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top f

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

Old English

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Noun

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top m

  1. Alternative form of topp

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Frankish *topp.

    Noun

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    top oblique singular, m (oblique plural tos, nominative singular tos, nominative plural top)

    1. hair on top of one's head, forelock
    2. top, highest point
    3. tuft of flax placed on distaff
    4. top (ship)

    Descendants

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    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from English top. Doublet of tupet.

    Noun

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    top m inan

    1. (sailing) top (the upper end of a mast)
    2. top (garment worn to cover the torso)
    Declension
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    Declension of top
    singular plural
    nominative top topy
    genitive topu topów
    dative topowi topom
    accusative top topy
    instrumental topem topami
    locative topie topach
    vocative topie topy

    Adjective

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    top (not comparable, no derived adverb)

    1. (slang) top notch (very good; of the highest level or quality)
      Synonyms: modny, popularny

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    top

    1. second-person singular imperative of topić

    Further reading

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    • top I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • top II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • top in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English top.

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    Adjective

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    top (invariable)

    1. (colloquial) cool, awesome
    2. (colloquial) top, excellent, high-quality
      Synonym: top de linha

    Derived terms

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    Noun

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    top m (plural tops)

    1. top (garment worn to cover the torso)
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    Romanian

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Turkish top.

    Noun

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    top n (plural topuri)

    1. ream (of paper)
    2. cotton pack
    Declension
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    Declension of top
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative top topul topuri topurile
    genitive-dative top topului topuri topurilor
    vocative topule topurilor

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from English top.

    Noun

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    top n (plural topuri)

    1. top list, chart, ranking
    2. top (garment worn to cover the torso)
    Declension
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    Declension of top
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative top topul topuri topurile
    genitive-dative top topului topuri topurilor
    vocative topule topurilor

    Serbo-Croatian

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    tȍp

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    tȍp m (Cyrillic spelling то̏п)

    1. cannon
    2. (chess) rook

    Declension

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    Declension of top
    singular plural
    nominative tȍp tòpovi
    genitive tòpa tȍpōvā / tòpōvā
    dative tòpu tòpovima
    accusative tȍp tòpove
    vocative tȍpe tòpovi
    locative tòpu tòpovima
    instrumental tòpom tòpovima

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    Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
    ♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
    kralj
    краљ     		dama, kraljica
    дама, краљица     		top, kula
    топ, кула     		lovac, trkač, laufer
    ловац, тркач, лауфер     		skakač, konj
    скакач, коњ     		pješak, pešak, pion, pijun
    пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

    Slovene

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Slavic *tǫpъ.

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    Adjective

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    tȍp (comparative bȍlj tȍp, superlative nȁjbolj tȍp)

    1. blunt
    Declension
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    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Hard
    masculine feminine neuter
    nom. sing. tòp tôpa tôpo
    singular
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative tòp ind
    tôpi def     		tôpa tôpo
    genitive tôpega tôpe tôpega
    dative tôpemu tôpi tôpemu
    accusative nominativeinan or
    genitive    anim     		tôpo tôpo
    locative tôpem tôpi tôpem
    instrumental tôpim tôpo tôpim
    dual
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative tôpa tôpi tôpi
    genitive tôpih tôpih tôpih
    dative tôpima tôpima tôpima
    accusative tôpa tôpi tôpi
    locative tôpih tôpih tôpih
    instrumental tôpima tôpima tôpima
    plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative tôpi tôpe tôpa
    genitive tôpih tôpih tôpih
    dative tôpim tôpim tôpim
    accusative tôpe tôpe tôpa
    locative tôpih tôpih tôpih
    instrumental tôpimi tôpimi tôpimi

    This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    tȍp m inan

    1. cannon
    Declension
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    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
    nom. sing. tòp
    gen. sing. tôpa
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		tòp topôva topôvi
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		tôpa topôv topôv
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		tôpu topôvoma topôvom
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		tòp topôva topôve
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		tôpu topôvih topôvih
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		tôpom topôvoma topôvi

    Further reading

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    • “top”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English top.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈtop/ [ˈt̪op]
    • Rhymes: -op
    • Syllabification: top

    Noun

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    top m (plural tops)

    1. top (first positions of a ranking)
    2. top (female clothing)

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    Adjective

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    top m or f (masculine and feminine plural tops)

    1. (proscribed) top (situated on the top of something)
      Synonym: mejor
    2. (proscribed) top (best; of the highest quality or rank)
      Synonym: el mejor
    3. (proscribed) top (very good, of high quality)
      Synonym: muy bueno

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    Tocharian A

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    Etymology

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    Compare Tocharian B taupe.

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    top

    1. mine (place where ore is extracted)

    Turkish

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top), from Proto-Turkic *top (“round thing”). Cognate with Azerbaijani top, Uzbek to‘p, Uyghur توپ (top), Kazakh доп (dop) etc.

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    Noun

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    top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)

    1. ball
    2. cannon
    3. scoop (of an ice cream)
      Bir top dondurma 10 lira tutuyor.
      A scoop of an ice cream costs 10 liras.
    4. (slang, derogatory) gay

    Declension

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    Declension of top
    singular plural
    nominative top toplar
    definite accusative topu topları
    dative topa toplara
    locative topta toplarda
    ablative toptan toplardan
    genitive topun topların
    Possessive forms
    nominative
    singular plural
    1st singular topum toplarım
    2nd singular topun topların
    3rd singular topu topları
    1st plural topumuz toplarımız
    2nd plural topunuz toplarınız
    3rd plural topları topları
    definite accusative
    singular plural
    1st singular topumu toplarımı
    2nd singular topunu toplarını
    3rd singular topunu toplarını
    1st plural topumuzu toplarımızı
    2nd plural topunuzu toplarınızı
    3rd plural toplarını toplarını
    dative
    singular plural
    1st singular topuma toplarıma
    2nd singular topuna toplarına
    3rd singular topuna toplarına
    1st plural topumuza toplarımıza
    2nd plural topunuza toplarınıza
    3rd plural toplarına toplarına
    locative
    singular plural
    1st singular topumda toplarımda
    2nd singular topunda toplarında
    3rd singular topunda toplarında
    1st plural topumuzda toplarımızda
    2nd plural topunuzda toplarınızda
    3rd plural toplarında toplarında
    ablative
    singular plural
    1st singular topumdan toplarımdan
    2nd singular topundan toplarından
    3rd singular topundan toplarından
    1st plural topumuzdan toplarımızdan
    2nd plural topunuzdan toplarınızdan
    3rd plural toplarından toplarından
    genitive
    singular plural
    1st singular topumun toplarımın
    2nd singular topunun toplarının
    3rd singular topunun toplarının
    1st plural topumuzun toplarımızın
    2nd plural topunuzun toplarınızın
    3rd plural toplarının toplarının
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    Volapük

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).

    Noun

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    top (nominative plural tops)

    1. place

    Declension

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    Declension of top
    singular plural
    nominative top tops
    genitive topa topas
    dative tope topes
    accusative topi topis
    vocative 1 o top! o tops!
    predicative 2 topu topus

    1 status as a case is disputed
    2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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    Welsh

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English top.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    top m (plural topiau)

    1. top (upper part of something)

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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of top
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    top dop nhop thop

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

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    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “top”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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