top
nounEtymology
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“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. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), Cimbrian sòpf (“braid”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), German Topp (“top of a mast”), Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Luxembourgish Zapp (“plait, tress”), Vilamovian cöp (“braid, plait”), Yiddish צאָפּ (tsop, “braid”), Danish top (“top”), Icelandic toppur (“top”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Italian zuffa (“brawl”). 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.
Definitions
The highest or uppermost part of something.
- His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
The near end of somewhere.
- The patio is at the top of my garden.
- The shop is at the top of my street.
A child's spinning toy
A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.
- The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
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Someone who is eminent.
- to be the top of zealots
A peak price of a security during a trading period, before it begins a downward trend.
A dominant partner in a sadomasochistic relationship or roleplay.
- As I went on doing s/m more and more, I found the idea of topping real attractive and so I started to do that. At this point in my life I'm playing top almost all the time.
A person who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse.
- I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
- Jean-Alain is a man of great physical strength, and Jesse is sure he is quite a handful for his tops.
Fellatio
Fellatio; a blowjob.
- 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
- I get some top in my coupe […] Look at yo bitch she gon' choose She gon' give me top (on my block Avenue)
- 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.
A top quark.
The utmost degree
The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- June 18 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift The top of my own ambition is to contribute to that work.
A plug or conical block of wood with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the…
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.
Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- She sang at the top of her voice.
A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been…
A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- Most cotton is sold as top, requiring only predrafting prior to spinning.
Eve
Eve; verge; point.
- Hee was upon the top of his marriage with Magdalaine.
The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper…
The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
Topboots.
- There was one pair of boots in particular — a jolly, good-tempered, hearty-looking, pair of tops, that excited our warmest regard
A stroke on the top of the ball.
A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top
A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin.
- 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.
(A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified 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.
- […] 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.
- 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, […]
Ellipsis of topswarm.
- 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.
The First Sergeant or Master Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps), senior enlisted man at company…
The First Sergeant or Master Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps), senior enlisted man at company level.
a shoot (eaten as a vegetable).
To cover on the top or with a top.
- I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
To exceed in height.
- Five were proper slender youths, the eldest of whom had not yet beard full grown, black-browed and great of jaw; the sixth, huge as a neat, topped them by half a head.
To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
- Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
- Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed, / And my invention thrive, Edmund the base / Shall top th' legitimate. I grow; I prosper
- Within months, sales of ONE magazine were topping 2,000 copies.
To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
To commit suicide.
- Depression causes many people to top themselves.
To murder or execute.
- Thirty-six were cast for death, and only one was ‘topped’ (hanged), the very one that expected to be ‘turned up’ (acquitted) for highway robbery.
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".
- As I went on doing s/m more and more, I found the idea of topping real attractive and so I started to do that. At this point in my life I'm playing top almost all the time.
To penetrate during sexual intercourse.
To rise aloft
To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
- topping passions
- lofty and topping mountains
- , Book II, Chapter XXI influenced by that topping uneasiness
To excel
To excel; to rise above others.
To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
To cover with another dye.
- to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new…
To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds…
To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
To strike (the ball) above the centre
To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
Situated on the top of something.
Best
Best; of the highest quality, fame or rank.
- She's in the top dance school.
Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
- He's a top lawyer.
- That is a top car.
Relating to the chest or breasts.
- top surgery
Best, highest.
- Our product is top-rated on all major platforms.
- This is the top-performing school in the area.
The signal among tailors and seamstresses for snuffing the candle. The last of them to…
The signal among tailors and seamstresses for snuffing the candle. The last of them to cry "top" had to snuff the candle.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
at the top of one's bent, at the top of one's game, at the top of one's lungs, at the top of one's voice, at the top of the heap, at the top of the pile, at the top of the tree, Bank Top, Barrington Tops, Benham's top, big top, bikini top, blacktop, blow one's top, bottle top, bunchy top, camote tops, carrot top, cherrytop, come out on top, crop top, curly top, desktop, double top, Dowlais Top, drop top, eight-top, flattop, flip-top, four-top, the top, top to bottom, top to toe, Gloucester Tops, gold top, gold-top milk, grass top, grass tops, green top, halter top · +201 more
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for top. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA