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/tˈɪptɒp/
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NOUN
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the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
at the height of her career
the peak of perfection
his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
at the top of his profession
summer was at its peak
...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
so many highest superlatives achieved by man
the summit of his ambition
the artist's gifts are at their acme - the extreme top or summit
ADJECTIVE
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of the highest quality
played top-notch tennis
a super party
she is absolutely tops
a first-rate golfer
an ace reporter
a crack shot
an athlete in tiptop condition
How To Use tiptop In A Sentence
- Her eyes missed nothing; her dainty close-set ears heard all -- the short, dry note of a chewink, the sweet, wholesome song of the cardinal, the thrilling cries of native jays and woodpeckers, the heavenly outpoured melody of the Florida wren, perched on some tiptop stem, throat swelling under the long, delicate, upturned bill. The Firing Line
- Michael, keeping him in the tiptop of physical condition and mental wholesomeness. CHAPTER XI
- African National Congress patriarch Walter Sisulu on Saturday said he was in "tiptop" shape when he visited his Robben Island cell, number 17, which was his home for 18 years. ANC Daily News Briefing
- The Nobel Prize has become the tiptop glory of science.
- Follow up with a couple of shampoos using cool water to remove the mayo, and your hair will be in tiptop condition. Hints From Heloise
- Armstrong said he just doesn't know if it's smart to compete against cyclists who will be coming off the Tour de France in tiptop shape. Lance Armstrong, Bill Ritter, Announce Colorado's Return To Elite Cycling With 'Quiznos Pro Challenge'
- I'm thirty pounds heavier an 'feel tiptop all the time. Chapter 45
- One would think a 'suisse' would have done; but we are swells now -- _avec ce gaillard-là_, only the tiptop is good enough. In and out of Three Normady Inns
- Not used to feeling anything but tiptop well, the vague malaise frightened her. THE THORN BIRDS
- Plant Nomenclature • Family Cucurbitaceae - Genus Cucurbita • species pepo - summer squash, pumpkin, acorn squash maxima - hubbard, buttercup, kabocha moschata - butternut, Long Island Cheese mixta - variety or cultivar Zephyr, Howden, Tiptop Blue Ballet, bonbon Waltham butternut Green striped cushaw - Also in the Cucurbitaceae family: Cucumis melo Recently Uploaded Slideshows
