topper
/'tɔpə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A man's formal hat: A type of hat for men, typically worn with formal attire, characterized by a tall, flat-topped crown and often made of silk or fine fur.
- A woman's short coat: A lightweight, often stylish, short coat worn by women.
- An excellent joke or remark: An exceptionally clever or funny comment that is considered better than all others.
- The best person in a field: The person who is the most outstanding, excellent, or successful in a particular area; someone who surpasses all others.
- A worker who removes tops: A person whose job is to cut off the top parts of things, such as trees or vegetables.
- A worker who makes or adds tops: A person who creates or attaches the top part to something.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Hat):
- He tipped his topper as the lady walked by.
- For the wedding, the gentlemen wore morning suits and silk toppers.
- Noun (Coat):
- She wore a elegant fur topper over her evening gown.
- Noun (Joke):
- His final pun was the topper of the night, leaving everyone in stitches.
- Noun (Best Person):
- In her class, she is the absolute topper, scoring highest in every subject.
- He's the topper in the sales department this quarter.
- Noun (Worker who cuts tops):
- The topper moved through the field, efficiently removing the carrot greens.
- Noun (Worker who makes tops):
- The cabinet topper carefully fitted the marble slab onto the wooden base.
Advanced Usage
- "To be a topper": To be the best or most successful.
- She's always been a topper, from school right through to her career.
Variants and Related Words
- Top (verb/noun): The source word. As a verb, it means to be higher than, surpass, or cover. As a noun, it means the highest part.
- Top hat (noun): A full, formal term for the tall, flat-crowned hat, synonymous with the first meaning of "topper".
Synonyms
- For "best person": leader, champion, number one, ace, star, front-runner.
- For "hat": top hat, stovepipe hat, high hat.
- For "joke": zinger, cracker, killer line.
Related Phrases
- To top it all off: An idiom meaning to add a final, often significant, detail to a series of events.
- The car broke down, it started to rain, and to top it all off, I lost my keys.(Note: This phrase uses the verb "top," not the noun "topper").
Noun
- a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
- a woman's short coat
- an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before
- the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
- he could beat the best of them
- a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
- a worker who makes or adds the top to something