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topless.

Lacking a top.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Lacking a top.

    not-comparable
    The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.

  2. Very high; towering.

    not-comparable · poetic

  3. Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.

    not-comparable
    The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.

  4. Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers.

    not-comparable
    Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less.

adv

  1. Not wearing any clothes on the upper body.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less.

noun

  1. A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less.

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