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topper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun topper has 6 senses
- topper(n = noun.person) Array - a worker who makes or adds the top to something; Array is a kind of worker
- topper(n = noun.person) Array - a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.); Array is a kind of worker
- topper(n = noun.person) best - the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- topper(n = noun.communication) Array - an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before; Array is a kind of humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness
- topper(n = noun.artifact) Array - a woman's short coat; Array is a kind of coat
- topper(n = noun.artifact) beaver, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat - a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur; Array is a kind of chapeau, hat, lid, man's clothing
Derived form verb top5
Derived form verb top8
Derived forms verb top1, verb top4
Derived form verb top1
CIDE DICTIONARY
topper, n.
- One that tops, in any sense of the verb; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A top hat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; -- so called from its being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl. Also, a cigar stump. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
topper, n.
1 a thing that tops.
2 colloq. = top hat (see TOP(1)).
3 colloq. a good fellow; a good sort.
1 a thing that tops.
2 colloq. = top hat (see TOP(1)).
3 colloq. a good fellow; a good sort.
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