Top

/tɒp/ · noun

Meaning

The highest or uppermost part of something..

Definitions by Sense

1. The highest or uppermost part of something.
2. The near end of somewhere.
3. A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.
4. Someone who is eminent.
5. (finance) A peak price of a security during a trading period, before it begins a downward trend.
6. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a sadomasochistic relationship or roleplay.
7. (LGBTQ slang) A person who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse.
8. (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE) Fellatio; a blowjob.

Example Sentences

His kite got caught at the top of the tree.

But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook,[…].

The patio is at the top of my garden.

The shop is at the top of my street.

The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.

the daily average price of packer and shipper purchases ranging between $14 and $16. Beginning with the middle of September prices moved sharply upward until a top of $18.25 was reached during the week of Sept. 25. From this high point prices moved downward sharply […]

As I went on doing s/m more and more, I found the idea of topping real attractive and so I started to do that. At this point in my life I'm playing top almost all the time.

I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.

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Word Forms

• tops
• topping
• topped

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