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tops¹

  • /tɒps/ UK
  • /tɑps/ US

Rhymes with -ɒps

Where it comes from

Likely top + -s (diminutive).

adverb

  1. informal, not comparable At the very most; as a maximum. Your essay should be two pages, tops.

adjective

  1. dated, not comparable, slang Great; excellent. This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.

noun

  1. plural plural of top

noun

  1. The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of top

Tops²

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Top

TOPS³

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of twin oligohydramnios-polyhydramnios sequence

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: superior, topnotch, tiptop, super, crack, first-rate, ace, a-one, maximum, max, superiority, breakthrough, first, exceed, nifty, over

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adv maximum

Españolcomo mucho

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MLA

"tops." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tops. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tops. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tops

Chicago

"tops." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tops.

BibTeX
@misc{tops_2026,
  title = {tops},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tops},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}