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topper.

Something that is on top.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɒpə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɑpɚ/General-American/ˈtɔpə/Australia
  1. Something that is on top.

  2. A top hat.

  3. Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.

    In his latest standup set, his topper is a callback to the dog bowl story.
  4. A short outer jacket worn by women or children.

    US
  5. A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress.

  6. The student who achieves the highest score in an examination.

    India
  7. The head or chief of an organization.

    colloquial
  8. A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.

  9. One who tops steel ingots.

  10. A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.

  11. A three-square float, or file, used by comb-makers.

  12. Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; so called from being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl.

    dated · slang
  13. A fine or remarkable thing or person.

    dated · slang
  14. A blow on the head.

    dated · slang
  15. A small secondary comic strip seen along with a larger Sunday strip, and usually by the same author.

  16. A pencil sharpener.

    Ireland
  17. Ellipsis of hair topper.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

From Middle English toppor, equivalent to top + -er.

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