See also: Tops and TOPS

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Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɒps/
  • (US) enPR: täps, IPA(key): /tɑps/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒps

Adverb edit

tops (not comparable)

  1. (informal) At the very most; as a maximum.
    Your essay should be two pages, tops.

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Adjective edit

tops (not comparable)

  1. (slang, dated) Great; excellent.
    • 1938, Motion Picture Herald, volume 132, numbers 7-13, page 61:
      This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.
    • 1958 May 5, Billboard, page 139:
      Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.

Noun edit

tops

  1. plural of top

Noun edit

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 edit

tops

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of top

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Noun edit

tops m

  1. plural of top

Adjective edit

tops

  1. masculine plural of top

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Adjective edit

tops m pl or f pl

  1. plural of top

Noun edit

tops

  1. plural of top