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TOP BANANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does top banana mean?
• TOP BANANA (noun)
The noun TOP BANANA has 2 senses:
1. the leading comedian in a burlesque show
2. the most important person in a group or undertaking
Familiarity information: TOP BANANA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The leading comedian in a burlesque show
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("top banana" is a kind of...):
comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The most important person in a group or undertaking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("top banana" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
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