top : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
  circus tent; big top; top.
  
  • he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent
  • they had the big top up in less than an hour

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• noun the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
  calash; caleche.
  

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• adjective satellite covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil
  

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• noun medium tall celery pine of Tasmania
  celery top pine; Phyllocladus asplenifolius.
  

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• noun medium tall celery pine of Tasmania
  celery top pine; Phyllocladus asplenifolius.
  

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• adjective satellite having a flat or flattened upper surface
  flat-top.
  

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• adjective satellite having a flat or flattened upper surface
  flat-top.
  

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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• adjective satellite (of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers
  high-top.
  

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High"-top` noun

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1. A ship's masthead. Shak.

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• adjective satellite (of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers
  high-top.
  

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• noun a top that makes a humming noise as it spins
  

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• the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.

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• noun a variety of white-topped aster
  

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• adjective satellite far more than usual or expected
  extraordinary; sinful.
  
  • an extraordinary desire for approval
  • it was an over-the-top experience

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• noun a pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin
  

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• a boy's top which is spun by throwing it.

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• noun North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
  black cohosh; black snakeroot; Cimicifuga racemosa.
  

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• noun a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
  circus tent; big top; top.
  
  • he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent
  • they had the big top up in less than an hour

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• adjective satellite having a lid with a spiral groove
  

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• noun a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
  teetotum; top; whirligig.
  
  • he got a bright red top and string for his birthday

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• noun a tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front opening; often worn over a shirt or blouse
  

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• noun a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
  tilt-top table; tip table.
  

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• adverb to the highest extent
  
  • the shoes fit me tip-top

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• noun a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
  tilt-top table; tip table.
  

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• to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.

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• (Shipbuilding), a phrase used to denote a method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant breadth in two layers.

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• noun the leading comedian in a burlesque show
  
• noun the most important person in a group or undertaking
  bigwig; kingpin.
  

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• noun the advertisement of a star's name at the top of a theatrical poster
  

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• noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
  desert boot; buskin; half boot; combat boot.
  

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• noun the most important persons in a governing body
  

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• noun a person who is in charge
  head; chief.
  
  • the head of the whole operation

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• noun a layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in
  

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• noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman
  business leader; tycoon; magnate; baron; power; king; mogul; big businessman.
  
  • an oil baron

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• noun a violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of ale
  
  • top fermentation uses a yeast that ferments at higher temperatures than that used for bottom fermentation

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• noun brewer's yeast used in top fermentation of ale
  

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• noun a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
  dress hat; stovepipe; topper; beaver; high hat; silk hat; opera hat.
  

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• noun the bottom layer of a heel
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish (Gambusia patruelis) abundant in the Southern United States. Also applied to other similar species.

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• noun the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
  top.
  
  • a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth

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• noun the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise
  

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• verb finish up or conclude
  top.
  
  • They topped off their dinner with a cognac
  • top the evening with champagne
• verb fill to the point of almost overflowing
  
  • She topped off the cup

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• noun type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
  tree onion; Allium cepa viviparum; Egyptian onion.
  

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• verb give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
  
  • The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out
• verb provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
  top.
  
  • the towers were topped with conical roofs
• verb to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
  peak.
  
  • That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929
  • Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million

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• noun a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron
  truth quark.
  

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• noun roast cut from the round; usually suitable for roasting
  

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• noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
  upside; top; upper side.
  
  • put your books on top of the desk
  • only the top side of the box was painted

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Top"-ar`mor noun

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1. (Naut.) A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.

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Top"-block` noun

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1. (Naut.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast. Totten.

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Top"-boots noun plural

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1. High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper part of the leg; riding boots.

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Top"-chain` noun

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1. (Naut.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.

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Top"-cloth noun

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1. (Naut.) A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.

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• adjective of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details
  
  • a top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends
  • top-down programming

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Top"-drain` transitive verb

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1. To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.

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Top"-drain`ing noun

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1. The act or practice of drining the surface of land.

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Top"-dress` transitive verb

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imperfect & past participle Top-dressed ; present participle & verbal noun Top-dressing

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1. To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.

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Top"-dress`ing noun

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1. The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.

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• adjective satellite excellent; best possible
  top-flight; topping.
  

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• adjective satellite surpassing in quality
  high-grade; top-grade.
  
  • top-grade ore

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Top"-ham`per noun

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1. (Naut.) The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship. Written also top hamper.

   All the ships of the fleet . . . were so encumbered with tophamper, so overweighted in proportion to their draught of water, that they could bear but little canvas, even with smooth seas and light and favorable winds. Motley.

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• adjective satellite unstable by being overloaded at the top
  

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Top"-heav`y adjective

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1. Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. Sir H. Wotton.

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• adjective satellite excellent; best possible
  top-flight; topping.
  

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Top"-light` noun

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1. (Naut.) A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.

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• adjective satellite of the highest quality
  first-rate; ace; tops; topnotch; A-one; crack; tiptop; super.
  
  • an ace reporter
  • a crack shot
  • a first-rate golfer
  • a super party
  • played top-notch tennis
  • an athlete in tiptop condition
  • she is absolutely tops

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Top"-proud` adjective

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1. Proud to the highest degree. R. "This top-proud fellow." Shak.

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• adjective satellite surpassing in quality
  high-grade; top-grade.
  
  • top-grade ore

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Top"-rope` noun

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1. (Naut.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.

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• adjective satellite the highest official level of classification of documents
  

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Top"-shaped` adjective

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1. Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.

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Top"-shell` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine top_shaped shells of the genus Thochus, or family Trochidæ.

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Top"-tac`kle noun

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1. (Naut.) A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.

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Top"-tim`bers noun

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1. (Naut.) The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks. R. H. Dana, Jr.

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Top"-toil` noun

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1. (Blacksmithing.) A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.

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• noun an amount needed to restore something to its former level
  

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Tops"-and-bot`toms noun plural

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1. Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants.

   'T is said that her top-and-bottoms were gilt. Hood.

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Tur"ban-top` noun

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1. (Bot.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, ∨ Gyromitra, esculenta.).

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• noun a top that is spun by whipping
  whip top.
  

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• noun a top that is spun by whipping
  whip top.
  

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• noun herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits
  

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