[games] The highest card or cards in a suit or hand.
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[nautical] A platform enclosing the head of each mast of a sailing ship, to which the topmast rigging is attached.
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Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount.
In top form; the top ten bestsellers.
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In a position of preeminence.
The top historian in her department.
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To form, furnish with, or serve as a top.
Topped the ice cream with jimmies.
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The uppermost part, point, surface, or end.
Wrote on the top of the box.
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The part farthest from a given reference point.
Took a jump shot from the top of the key.
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The part of a plant, such as a rutabaga, that is above the ground.
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Something, such as a lid or cap, that covers or forms an uppermost part.
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The highest degree, pitch, or point; the peak, acme, or zenith.
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To reach or go over the top of.
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Relating to, made up of, or broadcasting the Top 40.
A Top 40 lineup; Top 40 radio stations.
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The head, or crown of the head.
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The upper or highest part, section, point, or surface of anything.
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The earliest part or beginning.
She played the piece again, from the top.
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[baseball] The first half of an inning.
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Top is the highest point, head or furthest up part of something.
An example of top is the twelfth floor in a twelve-story building.
An example of top is where someone would hear a hat.
An example of top is the ridge of a mountain.
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To top is defined as to exceed, surpass or do better.
An example of to top is a student getting the best grade point average in their entire class.
An example of to top is getting two aces when playing Texas Hold 'Em poker.
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A garment worn on the upper half of the body.
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[slang] One who penetrates the other person or is the dominant partner in a sexual encounter or relationship.
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The highest position or rank.
At the top of his profession.
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A person in this position.
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A stroke that lands above the center of a ball, as in golf or tennis, giving it a forward spin.
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A forward spin on a ball resulting from such a stroke.
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The car's speed topped 80 miles an hour. Her performance really topped his.
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To remove the top or uppermost part from; crop.
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To strike the upper part of [a ball], giving it forward spin.
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To make [a stroke] in this way.
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To make a finish, an end, or a conclusion.
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A toy having one end tapered to a point, allowing it to be spun, as by suddenly pulling a string wound around it.
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The forty most popular musical recordings or songs of a given time period.
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The part of a plant that grows above ground.
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Something that constitutes the uppermost part or covering of something else.
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A person or thing first in order, excellence, importance, etc.
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[slang] Something or someone that is preeminent in quality, ability, popularity, etc.; the very best.
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[card games] The highest cards of a suit.
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[chem.] The most volatile part of a mixture.
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The upper part of a two-piece garment, esp. for a woman.
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Any upper garment, often, specif., one other than a shirt or blouse.
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Of, situated at, or being the top; uppermost, highest, greatest, or foremost.
The top drawer, top honors.
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To take off the top of [a plant, etc.]
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To reach the top of; be on a level with.
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To exceed in amount, height, degree, etc.
A fish topping 75 pounds.
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To be better, more effective, funnier, etc. than; surpass; outdo.
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To go over the top of [a rise of ground, etc.]
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To be at the top of; head; lead.
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[chem.] To remove the volatile parts from by distillation.
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[dyeing] To finish with a certain dye.
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To provide or cover with a top.
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To put or place on the top of.
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To hit or stroke [a ball] unintentionally at a point above its center or near its top, giving it a forward spin.
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To make [a stroke] by hitting the ball in this way.
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To top someone or something [in any sense]
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A child's cone-shaped toy, spun on its pointed end.
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Of or having to do with the Top 40 or the kind of popular music they represent.
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The 40 current best-selling music recordings.
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[Technical Office Protocol] A communications protocol for office systems developed in the early 1980s by the Computer Services division of Boeing in Seattle, WA. It is often used in conjunction with MAP, the factory automation protocol developed by GM. TOP is used in the front office, and MAP is used on the factory floor. TOP uses the CSMA/CD access method [Ethernet], while MAP uses token bus.
[music] Popular music, usually the 40 most popular songs at a given time.
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Relating to or playing popular music.
I was listening to a Top 40 radio station.
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[informal] off the top of [one's] head
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[informal] on top of the world
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blow one's top
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off the top of one's head
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Middle English from Old English
Middle English from Old English