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English
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /tɒps/
- (US) enPR: täps, IPA(key): /tɑps/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒps
Adverb
[edit]tops (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]maximum
Adjective
[edit]tops (not comparable)
- (slang, dated) Great; excellent.
- 1938, Motion Picture Herald, volume 132, numbers 7-13, page 61:
- This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.
- 1958 May 5, Billboard, page 139:
- Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.
Noun
[edit]tops
Noun
[edit]tops
- (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field
- Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.
Verb
[edit]tops
- third-person singular simple present indicative of top
Anagrams
[edit]- post-, OTPs, SPTO, spot, TSOP, OSTP, pots, post., Post, TPOs, stop, post, -post, Spot, POST, POTS, opts, PTOs
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]tops m
Adjective
[edit]tops
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tops m pl or f pl
Noun
[edit]tops
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