"top notch" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-top notch.ogg [Australia] Forms: more top notch [comparative], most top notch [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} top notch (comparative more top notch, superlative most top notch)
  1. (idiomatic) Very good; of the highest level or quality. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: excellent, top shelf, top-notch, topnotch Derived forms: top-notcher Related terms: first rate, number one Translations (Of the highest quality): първокласен (pǎrvoklasen) (Bulgarian), превъзходен (prevǎzhoden) (Bulgarian), de premier ordre (French), excellent (French), erstklassig (German), exzellent (German), első osztályú (Hungarian), príma (Hungarian), bajerancki (Polish), excelente (Portuguese), первокла́ссный (pervoklássnyj) (Russian), excelente (Spanish), de primera clase (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-top_notch-en-adj-aBsT2kn0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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