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Etymology

From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English top (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), from Proto-Indo-European *dumb- (“tail, rod, staff, penis”). Cognate with Scots tap (“top”), North Frisian top, tap, tup (“top”), Saterland Frisian Top (“top”), West Frisian top (“top”), Dutch top (“top, summit, peak”), Low German Topp (“top”), German Zopf (“braid, pigtail, plait, top”), Swedish topp (“top, peak, summit, tip”), Icelandic toppur (“top”).

Noun

top (countable and uncountable, plural tops)

  1. The highest or uppermost part of something.
    1. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top.
    2. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
    3. A lid, cap or cover of a container.
    4. A garment worn to cover the torso.
    5. A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
    6. (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
    7. (archaic) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
  2. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
  3. (heading) Someone who is eminent.
    1. (archaic) The chief person; the most prominent one.
    2. The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
  4. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  5. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
  6. (physics) A top quark.
  7. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
  8. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
  9. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
  10. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
  11. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
  12. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
  13. (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
  14. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
  15. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
  16. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.

Verb

top (third-person singular simple present tops, present participle topping, simple past and past participle topped)

  1. To cover on the top or with a top.
  2. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
  3. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
  4. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
  5. (Britain, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
  6. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  7. (slang, gay sexuality, intransitive) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
  8. (slang, gay sexuality, transitive) To anally penetrate.
  9. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
  10. (archaic) To predominate.
  11. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
  12. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
  13. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
  14. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
  15. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
  16. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
  17. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
  18. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
  19. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

Adjective

top (not comparable)

  1. Situated on the top of something.
  2. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
  3. (informal) Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.

Adverb

top (not comparable)

  1. Rated first.

Results 317 Words with the letters TOP

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6 letter words with the letters TOP 
ADOPTS 10
ATOPIC 12
BOWPOT 15
CAPOTE 12
CAPTOR 12
CARTOP 12
COAPTS 12
COEMPT 15
COMPTS 15
COOPTS 12
COPLOT 13
COPTER 12
COTYPE 14
COWPAT 15
CRYPTO 14
DEPORT 10
DEPOTS 10
DESPOT 10
DOPANT 11
EXPORT 16
IMPORT 12
IMPOST 12
INKPOT 14
LAPTOP 13
LEPTON 11
METOPE 12
MOPPET 15
NETOPS 10
OCTOPI 12
OPHITE 11
OPTICS 12
OPTIMA 12
OPTIME 12
OPTING 12
OPTION 10
OUTPUT 11
PANTOS 10
PARTON 10
PATHOS 11
PATROL 10
PATRON 10
PAYOUT 12
PELOTA 10
PETROL 10
PEYOTE 11
PEYOTL 12
PHOTIC 14
PHOTOG 13
PHOTON 12
PHOTOS 11
PHYTOL 14
PHYTON 14
PICOTS 12
PIGOUT 12
PILOTS 10
PINOTS 10
PINTOS 10
PIOLET 10
PISTOL 10
PISTON 10
PITONS 10
PIVOTS 13
PLOTTY 12
PLUTON 12
POCKET 16
PODITE 10
POETIC 12
POETRY 11
POINTE 10
POINTS 10
POINTY 12
POLITE 10
POLITY 12
PONENT 11
PONTES 10
PONTIL 11
PONTON 11
POOTED 10
POPPET 15
PORTAL 10
PORTED 10
PORTLY 12
POSTAL 10
POSTED 10
POSTIN 10
POTAGE 11
POTASH 11
POTBOY 14
POTEEN 10
POTENT 10
POTFUL 14
POTHER 11
POTION 10
POTMAN 13
POTMEN 13
POTPIE 12
POTTED 10
POTTLE 10
POTZER 18
POULTS 11
POUTED 11
POUTER 10
POWTER 12
PROBIT 12
PROFIT 12
PROJET 18
PROMPT 15
PRONTO 10
PROTON 10
PROTYL 12
PRUTOT 10
PTOTIC 12
PUNTOS 11
PUTLOG 13
PUTOFF 16
PUTONS 11
PUTOUT 11
PYTHON 14
RAGTOP 11
REDTOP 10
REPLOT 10
ROUPET 10
SEXPOT 16
SPIGOT 11
SPINTO 10
SPOILT 10
SPORTY 11
SPOTTY 11
SPOUTS 10
SPROUT 10
STOMPS 12
STOPED 10
STOUPS 10
STOWPS 12
STUPOR 10
TAMPON 13
TAPALO 10
TARPON 10
TEAPOY 11
TEMPOS 12
TEOPAN 10
TEPOYS 11
THORPE 11
THORPS 11
TIPOFF 15
TIPTOP 12
TOECAP 12
TOPFUL 14
TOPHES 11
TOPHUS 12
TOPICS 12
TOPING 12
TOPPED 13
TOPPER 12
TOPPLE 13
TORPID 10
TOSSUP 10
TOUPEE 10
TRIPOD 10
TROMPE 12
TROMPS 12
TROPHY 13
TROPIC 12
TROPIN 10
TROUPE 10
TUPELO 11
TYPHON 14
UNSTOP 11
UPMOST 13
UPROOT 10
UPSHOT 12
UPTORE 10
UPTORN 11
UPTOSS 10
UPTOWN 14
UTOPIA 10
5 letter words with the letters TOP 
ATOPY 10
COAPT 11
COMPT 14
COOPT 11
OPTIC 11
PHOTO 10
PHOTS 10
PICOT 11
PIVOT 12
PLOTZ 18
POTSY 10
POTTY 10
POULT 10
POUTY 11
PUNTO 10
PUTON 10
STOMP 11
STOWP 11
TEMPO 11
TEPOY 10
THORP 10
TOPAZ 17
TOPHE 10
TOPHI 10
TOPHS 10
TOPIC 11
TROMP 11
TYPOS 10
4 letter words with the letters TOP 
ATOP 7
OPTS 7
PHOT 9
PLOT 8
POET 7
POOT 7
PORT 7
POST 7
POTS 7
POUT 8
SPOT 7
STOP 7
TOPE 7
TOPH 9
TOPI 7
TOPO 7
TOPS 7
TROP 7
TYPO 9
3 letter words with the letters TOP 
OPT 6
POT 6
TOP 6
2 letter words with the letters TOP 
OP 5
TO 2

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