tops

adverbadjectivenounnounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//tɒps//
United States//tɑps//

At the very most; as a maximum.

adverb

1
informalAt the very most; as a maximum.
Your essay should be two pages, tops.

Etymology

Likely top + -s (diminutive).

adjective

1
datedGreat; excellent.
This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.
Everyone who has ever eaten a torte loves it. It is tops in the dessert field.
Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.
But if you feel like sitting down for an evening of *cinema* (or just wanna put something on in the background that you can make out to) sexy movies are kinda tops.

noun

1
Also a form of topplural of top

noun

1
The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field
Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

verb

1
Also a form of topthird-person singular simple present indicative of top

topic · topical topless · Lacking a top.topped · Having or consisting of a top; covered with a top layer.

tops · At the very most; as a maximum.

tor · A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by…torch · A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one…tore · The surface described by the circumference of a circle…

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