topless

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Adjective

topless (not comparable)

1. Lacking a top.

   The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.

2. (poetic) Very high, towering.
   • late 16th century Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:

     Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,

     And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?

3. (chiefly, of a woman) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.

   Synonyms: bare-breasted, barechested, half-naked, semi-nude, shirtless, topfree

   The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.

4. (of a place) Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers.

   Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses.

Translations

• Russian: без ве́рха

Translations

• French: topless, seins nus
• German: barbusig, topless, oben ohne, busenfrei
• Portuguese: topless
• Russian: (of women) с обнажённой гру́дью

Translations

• French: topless
• German: barbusig, topless
• Russian: то́плес

Adverb

topless (not comparable)

1. Not wearing any clothes on the upper body.

Noun

topless (plural toplesses)

1. (automotive) A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.

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