tops

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɒps/
• (US) enPR: täps, IPA^(key): /tɑps/

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• Rhymes: -ɒps

Adverb

tops (not comparable)

1. (informal) At the very most; as a maximum.

   Your essay should be two pages, tops.

Translations

maximum

• Dutch: maximum (nl), maximaal (nl)
• Finnish: enintään (fi), korkeintaan

• Swedish: max (sv)

Adjective

tops (not comparable)

1. (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.

Noun

tops

1. plural of top

Noun

tops

1. (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field

   Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

Verb

tops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of top

Anagrams

• OTPs, POST, POTS, PTOs, Post, Spot, TPOs, opts, post, post-, post., pots, spot, stop

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Spanish

Noun

tops

1. plural of top