top

  • (noun): The highest or uppermost part of something.
  • (noun): A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
  • (noun): (heading) Someone who is eminent.
  • (noun): (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  • (noun): A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
  • (noun): A top quark.
  • (noun): The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
  • (noun): (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.
  • (noun): (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
  • (noun): (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
  • (noun): (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
  • (noun): The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
  • (noun): (in the plural) Topboots.
  • (noun): A stroke on the top of the ball.
  • (noun): A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
  • (noun): (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): To cover on the top or with a top.
  • (verb): To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
  • (verb): To excel, to surpass, to beat.
  • (verb): To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
  • (verb): To commit suicide.
  • (verb): To murder.
  • (verb): (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  • (verb): (gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
  • (verb): (gay sexuality) To anally penetrate.
  • (verb): To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
  • (verb): To predominate.
  • (verb): To excel; to rise above others.
  • (verb): To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
  • (verb): (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
  • (verb): To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
  • (verb): To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
  • (verb): (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
  • (verb): To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
  • (verb): To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
  • (verb): To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
  • (adjective): Situated on the top of something.
  • (adjective): Best; of the highest quality or rank.
  • (adjective): Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
  • (adverb): Rated first.
  • His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
  • The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.
  • I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.
  • She sang at the top of her voice.
  • I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.