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the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit.

the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything.

the higher end of anything on a slope.

the highest or leading place, position, rank, etc.: at the top of the class.

the highest point, pitch, or degree: to talk at the top of one's voice.

a person or thing that occupies the highest or leading position.

the best or choicest part: the top of all creation.

a covering or lid, as of a container or vehicle.

the head.

any of various outer garments for the upper body, as a blouse, shirt, or sweater: a sale on cotton tops and shorts.

Nautical. a platform surrounding the head of a lower mast on a ship, and serving as a foothold, a means of extending the upper rigging, etc.

Chemistry. the part of a mixture under distillation that volatilizes first.

the tops, Informal. the most outstanding person or thing in ability, favor, etc.: As a friend, she's the tops.

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1

: a garment worn on the upper body

: the highest or uppermost region or part

: the upper end, edge, or surface

2

: a fitted, integral, or attached part or unit serving as an upper piece, lid, or covering

3

: the highest position (as in rank or achievement)

: a person or thing at the top

tops plural : aces and kings in a hand or the three highest honors in a suit

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: the part that is nearest in space or time to the source or beginning

: the first half of an inning in baseball

5

: the loudest or highest range of a sound

7

: a platform surrounding the head of a lower mast that serves to spread the topmast rigging, strengthen the mast, and furnish a standing place for men aloft

especially : such a part on a warship used as a fire-control station or antiaircraft gun platform

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also : the stroke so given

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also : the flavor characterizing this particle

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transitive verb

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2

: to cover with a top or on the top : provide, form, or serve as a top for

: to supply with a decorative or protective finish or final touch

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4

: to rise to, reach, or be at the top of

5

: to strike (a ball) above the center thereby imparting topspin

intransitive verb

1

: to make an end, finish, or conclusion

2

: a commonly cylindrical or conoidal device that has a tapering point on which it is made to spin and that is used especially as a toy

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Toy

A spinning top, or simply a top, is a toy with a squat body and a sharp point at the bottom, designed to be spun on its vertical axis, balancing on the tip due to the gyroscopic effect.

Once set in motion, a top will usually wobble for a few seconds, spin upright for a while, then start to wobble again with increasing amplitude as it loses energy, and finally tip over and roll on its side.

Tops exist in many variations and materials, chiefly wood, metal, and plastic, often with a metal tip. They may be set in motion by twirling a handle with the fingers, by pulling a rope coiled around the body, or by means of a built-in auger (spiral plunger).

Such toys have been used since antiquity in solitary or competitive games, where each player tries to keep one's top spinning for as long as possible, or achieve some other goal. Some tops have faceted bodies with symbols or inscriptions, and are used like dice to inject randomness into games, or for divination and ritual purposes.

The ubiquity of spinning tops lends to the fact that the toy is used to name many living things such as Cyclosa turbinata, whose name comes from the Latin roots for spinning top.

The top is one of the oldest recognizable toys found on archaeological sites. Spinning tops originated independently in cultures all over the world.[1] Tops were used as toys in ancient Rome.[2]

Besides toys, tops have also historically been used for gambling and prophecy. Some role-playing games use tops to augment dice in generating randomized results; it is in this case referred to as a spinner.

Gould mentions maple seeds, celts (leading to rattlebacks), the fire-drill, the spindle whorl, and the potter's wheel as possible predecessors to the top, which he assumes was invented or discovered multiple times in multiple places.[1]

A top may be used to demonstrate visual properties, such as by James David Forbes and James Clerk Maxwell in Maxwell's disc (see color triangle). By rapidly spinning the top, Forbes created the illusion of a single color that was a mixture of the primaries:[3]

[The] experiments of Professor J. D. Forbes, which I witnessed in 1849 [established] that blue and yellow do not make green, but a pinkish tint, when neither prevails in the combination[and the] result of mixing yellow and blue was, I believe, not previously known.

Maxwell took this a step further by using a circular scale around the rim with which to measure the ratios of the primaries, choosing vermilion, emerald, and ultramarine.[4]

Smaller tops have a short stem, and are set in motion by twirling it using the fingers. A thumbtack may also be made to spin on its tip in the same way.

A typical fist-sized model, traditionally made of wood with a blunt iron tip, is meant to be set in motion by briskly pulling a string or rope tightly coiled around the body. The rope is best wound starting near the tip and progressing up along the widening body, so that the tension of the string will remain roughly constant while the top's angular speed increases.

These tops may be thrown forward while firmly grasping the end of the string and pulling it back. The forward momentum of the top contributes to the string's tension and thus to the final spin rate.

In some throwing styles, the top is thrown upside-down, but the first loop of the rope is wound around a stubby "head". Then, the sudden yank on the head as the string finishes unwinding causes the spinning top to flip over and land on its tip.

Alternatively, tops of this class may be started by hand but then accelerated and kept in motion by striking them repeatedly with a small whip.

Some larger models are set in motion by means of a built-in metal auger (spiral plunger). In these models, the actual top may be enclosed in a hollow metal shell, with the same axis but decoupled from it; so that the toy may appear to be stationary but "magically" balanced on its tip.

Some modern tops are kept perpetually in motion by spinning magnetic fields from a special ground plate.

A cheap plastic version of the perinola

Gould classifies tops into six main types: twirler, supported top, peg-top, whip-top, buzzer, and yo-yo.[5]

Modern tops have several sophisticated improvements, such as ball bearings of ruby or a hard ceramic like tungsten carbide, that reduces the friction with the ground surface. Functional art tops have become collectibles built using varied techniques in metal-working, glass-working, and wood-working.

The motion of a top is described by equations of rigid body dynamics, specifically the theory of rotating rigid bodies.

Because of the small contact area between the tip and the underlying surface, and the large rotational inertia of its body, a top that is started on a hard surface will usually keep spinning for tens of seconds or more, even without additional energy input.

Typically the top will at first wobble until friction and torque between the tip and the underlying surface force it to spin with the axis steady and upright. Contrary to what is sometimes assumed, longstanding scientific studies (and easy experimentations reproducible by anyone) show that reducing the friction increases the time needed to reach this stable state (unless the top is so unbalanced that it falls over before reaching it).[7] After spinning upright (in the so-called "sleep" position) for an extended period, the angular momentum will gradually lessen (mainly due to friction), leading to ever increasing precession, finally causing the top to topple and roll some distance on its side. In the "sleep" period, and only in it, provided it is ever reached, less friction means longer "sleep" time (whence the common error that less friction implies longer global spinning time).

The total spinning time of a top is generally increased by increasing its moment of inertia and lowering its center of gravity.[7] These variables however are constrained by the need to prevent the body from touching the ground.

Asymmetric tops of virtually any shape can also be created and designed to balance.[8]

There are many official competitions for top spinning as a sport, such as the U. S. National Championships and the World Championships. During the Covid-19 pandemic contests are often held on-line, with contestants submitting videos.[9]

The Jean Shepherd story "Scut Farkas and the Murderous Mariah" revolves around top-spinning in the fictional Depression-era American city of Hohman, Indiana. The bully and the named top in the title are challenged by Shepherd's ongoing protagonist Ralph and a so-called "gypsy top" of similar design to Mariah named Wolf.[10]

The Top is a short story by bohemian writer Franz Kafka.

The top is a focal element and metaphysical symbol in the movie Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In the final shot, the camera moves over the spinning top just before it appears to be wobbling.

In 2022, an Armenian-styledspinning top, with the slong "Spin the Magic", was chosen as the theme art and the main motif for the 20th edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Yerevan, Armenia.[11]

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English[edit]Etymology[edit]

From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English top (top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (braid, pigtail, end), of unknown ultimate origin.

Cognate with Scots tap (top), North Frisian top, tap, tup (top), Saterland Frisian Top (top), West Frisian top (top), Dutch top (top, summit, peak), Low German Topp (top), German Zopf (braid, pigtail, plait, top), Swedish topp (top, peak, summit, tip), Icelandic toppur (top).

The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense.

top (countable and uncountable, plural tops)

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,[].

To mount the V8, I simply placed it on its top, and then prepped the mobo/CPU for installation (applied thermal compound).

We flipped the machine onto its top.

Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.

Headings appear at the tops of pages.

Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.

I bought this top as it matches my jeans.

I like this pyjama top.

All the stored vengeances of Heaven fall / On her ungrateful top!

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.

to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school

And wears upon his baby brow the round / And top of sovereignty.

After drawing their first game in Kiev the Potters are now top of Europa League Group E ahead of back-to-back games with Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

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

Running up a check, I'ma drop the topBaby gimme neck, you know I want some topYou ain't tryna fuck, then baby don't just stop

I get some top in my coupe []Look at yo bitch she gon' chooseShe gon' give me top (on my block Avenue)

I just bought a new Ferrari off the lot,said she a virgin but she wanna give me top,she need some money so she call my phone a lot,I picked it up and then I told that bitch to stop.

Man chingy chingy on opps,catch ringy ringy, want lotsAnd clingy, clingy, got dotsShe is a bad b, she gives tops

His bitch gave me some top, and now he wanna send me threats

I like gettin' top (Ooh), Ilikedrivin' coupes []Yeah I got Erza Scarlet tryna fuck (Yeah, ooh)Gettin' top and watching Crunchyroll

Just got some topfromthis stripper bitch,she from Kankakee

She asked to give me some top and Im downHead feeling loose cos Im lit off the brown

Im in a wraith with a thot, she gon give me some top, cause my music a bop, aye

She sang at the top of her voice.

I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop Ahoy! and Hello! at the top of my lungs. [] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared Hi! and Hello! like the bull of Bashan.

There was one pair of boots in particular a jolly, good-tempered, hearty-looking, pair of tops, that excited our warmest regard

What is wanted is just the reverse - i.e top or overspin, which causes the ball to revolve in the direction in which it is going.

[] but with only three other tables on the patio apart from myself two three-tops and a five-top it's hard to imagine what the holdup is.

It is uncanny how a server can stand in front of a ten top, without the safety net of pen and paper, and remember every item ordered by each guest including salads, []

Terms derived from top (noun)

uppermost part

uppermost part of a visual field

lid, cap, cover

garment worn to cover the torso

BDSM: dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay

gay sexual slang: gay man who likes to penetrate in sex

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top (third-person singular simple present tops, present participle topping, simple past and past participle topped)

I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.

Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.

Well, my legitimate, if this letter speed, / And my invention thrive, Edmund the base / Shall top th' legitimate. I grow; I prosper

The HSDT team, however, had some work to do, although by the end of 1972 the power car interior had been adjusted and BR had agreed to 'double-manning' with extra pay when speeds topped the ton. [exceeded 100 mph]

Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.

I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.

Top and tail the carrots.

Topping depletes the tree of stored energy reserves and reduces the tree's ability to produce energy, as a large percentage of the leaves are removed.

Depression causes many people to top themselves.

I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.

Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".

lofty and topping mountains

topping passions

to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening

to cover on the top or with a top

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top (not comparable)

She's in the top dance school.

He's a top lawyer.

That is a top car.

In a thread called Calm Before the Storm, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the deep state, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.

Terms derived from top (adjective)

top (not comparable)

She came top in her French exam.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish (top).

topm (indefinite plural tope, definite singular topi, definite plural topet)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *top.

top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)

top

top

Declension of top

top

From Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.

topc (singular definite toppen, plural indefinite toppe)

From Middle Dutch top, topp, from Old Dutch *topp, *top, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.

top

topm (plural toppen, diminutive topjen)

top

Borrowed from English top.

topm (plural tops)

top (feminine toppe, masculine plural tops, feminine plural toppes)

top

Borrowed from English top.

top (not comparable)

top

Borrowed from English top.

topm (invariable)

top

From Old English topp, toppa, from Proto-West Germanic *topp.

top (plural toppes)

top

From Turkish top, from Ottoman Turkish (top).

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