TOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tops mean? 

• TOPS (adjective)
  The adjective TOPS has 1 sense:

1. of the highest quality

  Familiarity information: TOPS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOPS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the highest quality

Synonyms:

A-one; ace; crack; first-rate; super; tiptop; top-notch; topnotch; tops

Context example:

she is absolutely tops

Similar:

superior (of high or superior quality or performance)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

Love lay on the mountain-tops beyond the valley-land of reason.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

One or more mucosal breaks no longer than 5 mm, none of which extends between the tops of the mucosal folds.

(LA Grade A, NCI Thesaurus)

One or more mucosal breaks more than 5 mm long, none of which extends between the tops of two mucosal folds.

(LA Grade B, NCI Thesaurus)

The number of discovered near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) now tops 15,000, with an average of 30 new discoveries added each week.

(The 2016 TB57 asteroid will come closest to Earth on Oct. 31, NASA)

The sun was almost down on the mountain tops, and the shadows of the whole group fell long upon the snow.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Researchers from Boston University’s Center for Space Physics set out to solve the mystery by mapping temperatures well above Jupiter’s cloud tops using observations from Earth.

(Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Likely a Massive Heat Source, NASA)

The lee rail, where the dead man lay, was buried in the sea, and as the schooner lifted and righted the water swept across the deck wetting us above our shoe-tops.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The number of discovered near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) now tops 15,000, with an average of 30 new discoveries added each week.

(Catalog of Known Near-Earth Asteroids Tops 15,000, NASA)

The predicted altitude for loss of signal is approximately 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above Saturn's cloud tops.

(Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn, NASA)

The essential oil from the flowering tops of Artemisia Vulgaris.

(Artemisia Vulgaris Top Oil, NCI Thesaurus)