top
noun
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
"His kite got caught at the top of the tree."
- A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
"The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin."
- (heading) Someone who is eminent.
- (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
"I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom."
- A top quark.
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- (ropemaking) 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.
- (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
"She sang at the top of her voice."
- (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- (in the plural) Topboots.
- A stroke on the top of the ball.
- A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
- (in restaurants, preceded by a 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.
verb
- To cover on the top or with a top.
"I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce."
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
"I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair."
- To excel, to surpass, to beat.
"Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar."
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
"Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s."
- To commit suicide.
"Depression causes many people to top themselves."
- To murder.
- (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
"Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom"."
- (gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
- (gay sexuality) To anally penetrate.
- To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
"lofty ridges and topping mountains"
- To predominate.
"topping passions"
- To excel; to rise above others.
- To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- (dyeing) 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.
- (of a horse) 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 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; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
adjective
- Situated on the top of something.
- Best; of the highest quality or rank.
"She's in the top dance school."
- Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
"He's a top lawyer."
adverb
- Rated first.
"She came top in her French exam."
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