top

B1
Pronunciation
/tɒp/
/tɑp/
Noun
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

The highest or uppermost part of something.

Synonyms
overside peak summit
Antonyms
base bottom underside
Example Sentences
  • His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
2 Definition

A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.

Example Sentences
  • The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
3 Definition

(heading) Someone who is eminent.

4 Definition

(BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

Synonyms
dom domme
Antonyms
bottom sub
5 Definition

A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

Example Sentences
  • I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
6 Definition

A top quark.

7 Definition

The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

8 Definition

(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.

9 Definition

(sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.

Example Sentences
  • She sang at the top of her voice.
10 Definition

(wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

11 Definition

(obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.

12 Definition

The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

13 Definition

(in the plural) Topboots.

14 Definition

A stroke on the top of the ball.

15 Definition

A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

16 Definition

(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
20 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cover on the top or with a top.

Example Sentences
  • I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
2 Definition

To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

Example Sentences
  • I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
3 Definition

To excel, to surpass, to beat.

Synonyms
beat best better exceed
Example Sentences
  • Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
4 Definition

To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

Example Sentences
  • Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
5 Definition

To commit suicide.

Example Sentences
  • Depression causes many people to top themselves.
6 Definition

To murder.

Synonyms
kill murder slaughter slay
7 Definition

(BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

Example Sentences
  • Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
8 Definition

(gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.

9 Definition

(gay sexuality) To anally penetrate.

10 Definition

To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

Example Sentences
  • lofty ridges and topping mountains
11 Definition

To predominate.

Example Sentences
  • topping passions
12 Definition

To excel; to rise above others.

13 Definition

To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.

14 Definition

(dyeing) To cover with another dye.

Example Sentences
  • to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
15 Definition

To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

16 Definition

To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.

17 Definition

(of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.

18 Definition

To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.

19 Definition

To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

20 Definition

To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

Adjective
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

Situated on the top of something.

2 Definition

Best; of the highest quality or rank.

Example Sentences
  • She's in the top dance school.
3 Definition

Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.

Example Sentences
  • He's a top lawyer.
Adverb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Rated first.

Example Sentences
  • She came top in her French exam.