tops
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
tops (not comparable)
Translations[edit]
maximum
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
tops
Noun[edit]
tops
- (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field
- Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.
Verb[edit]
tops
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of top
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tops m pl or f pl
Noun[edit]
tops
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