tops

UK /tɒps/ US /tɒps/

noun 2adv 1adj 1

Definitions

adv

At the very most; as a maximum.

Your essay should be two pages, tops.

adj

Great; excellent.

This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.

Everyone who has ever eaten a torte loves it. It is tops in the dessert field.

noun

The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field

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

Collocations

ADJ.

all, below, covered, detailed, musical, rocky, sleeveless, trendy

The rocky tops of the mountains were covered in snow all winter long.

VERB + TOPS

added, banning, bottle, cloud, help, keep, leaves, melts

The new safety regulations help keep tops on all bottles in the warehouse.

TOPS + NOUN

acacias, bow, dessert, mountains, photos, skulls, yearbook

The mountain climbers reached the tops of the highest peaks before sunset.

PREP.

from, in, in, off, on, with, with

She wiped the dust off the tops of the old wooden shelves.

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Idioms & Phrases

grass tops

Of, related to, or involving local influential figures.

Along with the ads, industry worked to mobilize local politicians and business executives in what business groups called a "grass tops" campaign.

Example Bank

Your essay should be two pages, tops.

Wiktionary

This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.

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Everyone who has ever eaten a torte loves it. It is tops in the dessert field.

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Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.

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

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She cut off the carrot tops.

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Usage Notes

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