TOPS
pronunciation
                                            
                                                
                                                How to pronounce TOPS in British English:
                                                
                                                UK [tɒps] 
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                            
                                                
                                                How to pronounce TOPS in American English:
                                                
                                                US [tɑps]
                                                 
                                                
                                        
                                        
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                                                - Adjective:
- of the highest quality
 
Word Origin
- tops (n.)
- "the best," 1935, American English colloquial, from top (n.1).
Example
- 1. The fog moved slowly . The tops of trees moved slowly .
- 2. Robbie 's mother recalled finding goats in the tops of peach trees in her youth .
- 3. Only two streets away I can see the tops of palm trees sticking out of the water .
- 4. Our guide explains that the ones with rugged , spiky tops are chunks of glacier that have broken off and floated into the sea without flipping over .
- 5. Mixed flocks of several species often travel together , but when they are feeding or resting you will spot different birds on the ground , at mid-level heights and at the tree tops .