tops

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /tɒps/
• (America) enPR: täps, IPA: /tɑps/

Adverb

tops (not comparable)

1. (informal) At the very most; as a maximum.

   Your essay should be two pages, tops.

Adjective

tops (not comparable)

1. (slang, dated) Great; excellent.
   • 1938, Motion Picture Herald (volume 132, issues 7-13, page 61)

     This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.

   • 1958, Billboard (5 May 1958, page 139)

     Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.

Noun

1. plural form of top

Noun

1. (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field

   Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

Verb

1. third-person singular form of top

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