top
top is a 3-letter English word with 44 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.
- noun. A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- noun. The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
- noun. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- noun. The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school.
- noun. The chief person; the most prominent one.
- noun. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
- noun. The head, or upper part, of a plant.
- noun. A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
- noun. A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- noun. Eve; verge; point.
- noun. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- noun. Top-boots.
- intransitive verb. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
- intransitive verb. To predominate; as, topping passions.
- intransitive verb. To excel; to rise above others.
- transitive verb. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
- transitive verb. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
- transitive verb. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
- transitive verb. To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
- transitive verb. To perform eminently, or better than before.
- transitive verb. To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
- noun. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
"he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"
"they had the big top up in less than an hour"
- noun. a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
"he stared as she buttoned her top"
- noun. covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
"he removed the top of the carton"
"he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"
- noun. a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
"he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"
- noun. platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
- noun. the greatest possible intensity
"he screamed at the top of his lungs"
- noun. 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"
- noun. the highest or uppermost side of anything
"put your books on top of the desk"
"only the top side of the box was painted"
- noun. 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"
- noun. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
"his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"
"the artist's gifts are at their acme"
- noun. the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
"a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth"
- verb. finish up or conclude
"They topped off their dinner with a cognac"
"top the evening with champagne"
- verb. be the culminating event
"The speech crowned the meeting"
- verb. cut the top off
"top trees and bushes"
- verb. strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
- verb. reach or ascend the top of
"The hikers topped the mountain just before noon"
- verb. pass by, over, or under without making contact
"the balloon cleared the tree tops"
- verb. provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
"the towers were topped with conical roofs"
- verb. be superior or better than some standard
"She exceeded our expectations"
"She topped her performance of last year"
- verb. be ahead of others; be the first
"she topped her class every year"
- verb. be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
"A star tops the Christmas Tree"
- adjective. situated at the top or highest position
"the top shelf"
Synonyms
cover, teetotum, whirligig, crest, crown, peak, summit, tip, upside, acme, elevation, height, meridian, pinnacle, superlative, tiptop, pinch, clear, exceed, overstep, pass, transcend, lead
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in top:
Common word forms
tops, toped, toper, topes, topful, toping, topped, topper, topless, topping
Words from these letters
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