tiptop

[ noun tip-top; adjective tip-top, -top; adverb tip-top ]

/ noun ˈtɪpˌtɒp; adjective ˈtɪpˈtɒp, -ˌtɒp; adverb ˈtɪpˈtɒp /

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noun

the extreme top or summit.

Informal. the highest point or degree: the very tiptop of physical condition.

Chiefly British Informal. the highest social class.

adjective

situated at the very top.

Informal. of the highest quality; excellent: a tiptop meal.

adverb

in a tiptop manner; very well: It's shaping up tiptop.

Origin of tiptop

1695–1705; gradational compound; see tip¹, top¹

Words nearby tiptop

tipsy, tipsy cake, tip the balance, tip-tilted, tiptoe, tiptop, Tiptronic, tip truck, tipu, tipuna, tip-up

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Example sentences from the Web for tiptop

Especially if Obama sticks with the prep team who did such a tiptop job in Denver.
Simon Schama on How Obama Threw It All Away in the Denver Debate|Simon Schama|October 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There is lots of nudity around and the performers are in tiptop shape but no erotic charge is intended and none is delivered.
Marina Abramovic's Full-Frontal Art|Anthony Haden-Guest|March 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The tiptop of aged trees usually is a dead snag, surrounded by living, up-curved side branches from the trunk.
Your National Parks|Enos A. Mills
"Tiptop, where Strong is concerned," said the doctor grimly.
Tonio, Son of the Sierras|Charles King

Quite by chance he discovered Dandy sitting on the tiptop of an evergreen tree, as if on guard.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children|Thornton W. Burgess
I'm now going to bed, to read myself to sleep with a tiptop novel sent me by one Barry, an old pupil of mine. '
The Letters of William James, Vol. II|William James
Last year's model, but only run about four thousand miles and in tiptop condition.
The Valley of the Giants|Peter B. Kyne

British Dictionary definitions for tiptop

tiptop

/ (ˌtɪpˈtɒp) /

adjective, adverb

at the highest point of health, excellence, etc

at the topmost point

noun

the best in quality

the topmost point

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单词	tiptop
释义	tiptop [ noun tip-top; adjective tip-top, -top; adverb tip-top ] / noun ˈtɪpˌtɒp; adjective ˈtɪpˈtɒp, -ˌtɒp; adverb ˈtɪpˈtɒp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tiptop ON THESAURUS.COM noun the extreme top or summit. Informal. the highest point or degree: the very tiptop of physical condition. Chiefly British Informal. the highest social class. adjective situated at the very top. Informal. of the highest quality; excellent: a tiptop meal. adverb in a tiptop manner; very well: It's shaping up tiptop. Origin of tiptop 1695–1705; gradational compound; see tip¹, top¹ Words nearby tiptop tipsy, tipsy cake, tip the balance, tip-tilted, tiptoe, tiptop, Tiptronic, tip truck, tipu, tipuna, tip-up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tiptop Especially if Obama sticks with the prep team who did such a tiptop job in Denver. Simon Schama on How Obama Threw It All Away in the Denver Debate\|Simon Schama\|October 5, 2012\|DAILY BEAST There is lots of nudity around and the performers are in tiptop shape but no erotic charge is intended and none is delivered. Marina Abramovic's Full-Frontal Art\|Anthony Haden-Guest\|March 18, 2010\|DAILY BEAST The tiptop of aged trees usually is a dead snag, surrounded by living, up-curved side branches from the trunk. Your National Parks\|Enos A. Mills "Tiptop, where Strong is concerned," said the doctor grimly. Tonio, Son of the Sierras\|Charles King Quite by chance he discovered Dandy sitting on the tiptop of an evergreen tree, as if on guard. The Burgess Bird Book for Children\|Thornton W. Burgess I'm now going to bed, to read myself to sleep with a tiptop novel sent me by one Barry, an old pupil of mine. ' The Letters of William James, Vol. II\|William James Last year's model, but only run about four thousand miles and in tiptop condition. The Valley of the Giants\|Peter B. Kyne British Dictionary definitions for tiptop tiptop / (ˌtɪpˈtɒp) / adjective, adverb at the highest point of health, excellence, etc at the topmost point noun the best in quality the topmost point Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tiptop prime, superior, ace, choice, elite, best, highest, supreme, uppermost, apical, first-class, first-rate, superb, terrific, topnotch, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary
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tiptop

noun

adjective

adverb

Origin of tiptop

Words nearby tiptop

Example sentences from the Web for tiptop

British Dictionary definitions for tiptop

adjective, adverb

noun

Words related to tiptop