"tops" meaning in English

See tops in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɒps/ [UK], /tɑps/ [US] Audio: En-au-tops.ogg [Australia]
enPR: täps Rhymes: -ɒps Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tops (not comparable)
  1. (slang, dated) Great; excellent. Tags: dated, not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-tops-en-adj-~ScqTD7J

Adverb

IPA: /tɒps/ [UK], /tɑps/ [US] Audio: En-au-tops.ogg [Australia]
enPR: täps Rhymes: -ɒps Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} tops (not comparable)
  1. (informal) At the very most; as a maximum. Tags: informal, not-comparable Translations (maximum): maximum (Dutch), maximaal (Dutch), hooguit (Dutch), enintään (Finnish), korkeintaan (Finnish), góra (Polish), como mucho (Spanish), max (Swedish), högst (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tops-en-adv-Us~LpVVN

Noun

IPA: /tɒps/ [UK], /tɑps/ [US] Audio: En-au-tops.ogg [Australia]
enPR: täps Rhymes: -ɒps Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} tops
  1. plural of top Tags: form-of, plural Form of: top
    Sense id: en-tops-en-noun-LzBm0oxn

Noun

IPA: /tɒps/ [UK], /tɑps/ [US] Audio: En-au-tops.ogg [Australia]
enPR: täps Rhymes: -ɒps Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} tops
  1. (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field Categories (topical): Darts
    Sense id: en-tops-en-noun-l4vtztDs Topics: darts, games

Verb

IPA: /tɒps/ [UK], /tɑps/ [US] Audio: En-au-tops.ogg [Australia]
enPR: täps Rhymes: -ɒps Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tops
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of top Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: top
    Sense id: en-tops-en-verb-tGW~ao6G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 2 28 65

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      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɒps/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑps/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒps"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-tops.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/En-au-tops.ogg/En-au-tops.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-au-tops.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "täps"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tops"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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