high-topped
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4.4
- adjective
- /haɪ tɑpt/
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de caña alta
- Vernon jabs his stick in the ground, stamps it in two with his foot; he wears high-topped boots.
- high-topped shoes
- high-topped boots
Examples
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The buzz of conversation stopped when he padded silently up to the bar, the soles of his high-topped moccasins making no more than a whisper on the floor.
Fiction book (2001) -
She looped her high-topped shoes around her neck by their laces and stuffed a pair of cotton stockings into her pocket.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ben stared down at the hole in the end of his favorite high-topped sneaker.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Like you've been camping about a week too long," he said, and thrust the pair of high-topped black sneakers at her.
Fiction book (1995) -
Kate had on an old college sweatsuit, high-topped running shoes, and dime-store sunglasses.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ben stared down at the hole in the end of his favorite high-topped sneaker.
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We'd been warned to wear long pants and high-topped leather boots, but didn't.
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In his high-topped boots, he stood a good four inches taller than Kim Harrigan.
Synonyms
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3.7
Shoes with tops that reach above the ankle for extra support
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word high-topped is made from high ('tall') and top ('upper part'), like the familiar high-top sneakers. It makes a clear picture of a shoe whose upper part is 'tall' and goes above the ankle, so high-topped means shoes or boots that reach higher than usual.