topless
pronunciation
How to pronounce topless in British English:
UK [ˈtɒpləs]
How to pronounce topless in American English:
US [ˈtɑpləs]
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- Adjective:
- having no top
- having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity
Word Origin
- topless (adj.)
- of women, "bare-breasted," 1966, from top (n.1) + -less. Earlier it was used of men's bathing suits (1937) and women's (1964). Earliest sense is "without a visible summit; immeasurably high" (1580s).
Example
- 1. How could this happen in the land of topless carnival dancers and buttocks swaying on the beach ?
- 2. And ' equal topless rights for all or none ' , while others donned fancy dress .
- 3. Topless ukraine feminists protest iranian womans death sentence sify .
- 4. Topless saleswomen are legal in liverpool , england but only in tropical fish stores .
- 5. Topless sunbathing has been common on most beaches in australia since the 1960s .