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tops

adjective

  1. the best
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /tɒps/ / /tɑps/

adj

Etymology: Likely top + -s (diminutive).

  1. Great; excellent.

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

    Everyone who has ever eaten a torte loves it. It is tops in the dessert field.

adv

Etymology: Likely top + -s (diminutive).

  1. At the very most; as a maximum.

    Your essay should be two pages, tops.

name

  1. plural of Top

noun

Etymology: Likely top + -s (diminutive).

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

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

verb

Etymology: Likely top + -s (diminutive).

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of top