Adjective

/täp/,

tops, plural;

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top(a): situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf"
the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"
exceed: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
clear: pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon cleared the tree tops"
peak: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth"
A top, or spinning top, is a toy that can be spun on an axis, balancing on a point. This motion is produced by holding the axis firmly while pulling a string. An internal weight then rotates, producing an overall circular motion. ...
In BDSM, a top or dominant is the partner in a BDSM relationship or in a BDSM scene who takes the active or controlling role over that of the bottom or submissive partner(s).
In mathematics, the category of topological spaces, often denoted Top, is the category whose objects are topological spaces and whose morphisms are continuous maps. This is a category because the composition of two continuous maps is again continuous. ...
A top is clothing that covers the upper human body from the neck to the waistline, especially that of women. Tops are sometimes as short as mid-torso, and as long as mid-thigh. Men's tops are generally paired with pants, and women's with pants or skirts. ...
The Top is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Universe. One of the earliest members of the Silver Age Flash's "Rogues' Gallery", the character debuted in The Flash #122 (August 1961).
In the context of a module M over a ring R, the top of M is the largest semisimple quotient module of M if it exists.
this sense?) That part of an object furthest away in the opposite direction from that in which an unsupported object would fall; The part viewed, or intended to be viewed, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects; A lid, cap or cover of a container ...
(Tops) A continuous, untwisted strand of combed alpaca fibers from which the shorter fibers have been removed by combing.
(Tops) is the term given a continuous strand of combed wool. [click here for more info]
(tops) the part of a drop handlebar between the stem and the brake levers.
(TOPS) The most upper score part on the dartboard, the double 20.
(TOPS) Stands for (T)aking (O)ff (P)ounds (S)ensibly. It refers to a member of TOPS Club, Inc., and is also the popular term for TOPS Club Inc.
(TOPS) Toward Other Planetary Systems, a NASA program to discover and study other planetary systems.
(TOPS) Tuition Opportunity Program for Students, which gives the majority of students from Louisiana free tuition and makes out-of-state students really angry.
(TOPS) sort test operators (internal only)
(Tops [convertible]) Early Cadillac cars had either rubber or mohair tops. The former were made of high quality, rubber-covered 3-ply cloth with heavy jeans backing; it was web-reinforced and padded with cotton wool; the top held its shape well and gave the car a smooth top line. ...
(Tops) Double 20s or 40 points
(Tops) The amount each player must add to the pot prior to being dealt a hand.
(Tops) To dream of a top, denotes that you will be involved in frivolous difficulties. To see one spinning, foretells that you will waste your means in childish pleasures. To see a top, foretells indiscriminate friendships will involve you in difficulty.