topline
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topline
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From top + line.
noun toplines
- The upper curvature of a horse's or dog's withers, back, and loin. When viewing the horse in profile, attention must be paid to the curvature and proportions of the topline.
- Top billing. In recent weeks Cosby has, perhaps more than any other topline entertainer of the moment, been both at the pinnacle and at the crossroads.
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The first line, the topmost-ranking line; the most important thing.
Near-synonyms: (in attributive uses) TLDR, BLUF, bottom-line, bottom line
Similar: TLDR, BLUF, bottom-line, bottom line
- The edge that runs along the top of the opening of a shoe.
- The vocal parts of a piece of music (particularly pop).
verb toplines · toplining · toplined
- To bill (a performer) as the primary entertainer in a production. A popular series of musical shorts he made for Mack Sennett's company in 1930 added to his success as a radio vocalist, and had made him a star by the end of 1931, when Paramount toplined him in The Big Broadcast […]
- To be billed as the primary entertainer in (a production). [Whitney] Houston's success in music led her to topline the features "Waiting to Exhale," "The Preacher's Wife" and the telefilm "Cinderella."
- (music) To compose and/or sing the vocal part of a song (particularly pop).
Talk about this word "topline." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/topline. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. topline. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/topline "topline." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/topline.Cite this
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title = {topline},
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