top
- noun
- /tɑp/
- Children love to watch a colorful top spin around on the floor.
Examples
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Allow the pumpkin to cool, slice off the top, and scoop out the seeds.
Academic text (2004) -
My brother took a red and green top out of his box.
Fiction book (1994) -
Stars spin, and when they're young, just like a top on the table, they spin fast.
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Written in white, the Tifinagh letter "Z" is repeated on the top left of the canvas.
Academic text (2006) -
The dams lie on top of bedrock or a layer of gravel.
Academic text (2002) -
A water molecule can spin or rotate like a top, or it can wiggle and vibrate.
Academic text (2007) -
During past expeditions to seamounts, scientists have tended to focus on the tops of these underwater mountains.
Academic text (2004) -
He used a string to make the top spin faster during the game.
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She balanced the wooden top on her fingertip before letting it go.
Synonyms
A small toy you turn quickly with your fingers for fun or to help you focus
A small toy that turns quickly on a sharp point
A small toy that spins quickly in the wind
A small toy that spins quickly on a point like a top
A wooden toy shaped like a pear with a metal point you spin with a string
A small spinning top used in children's games
A spinning toy that makes a soft buzzing sound when it moves
A toy that spins when you hit it with a string
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
Delivered over the internet directly to users instead of through cable services
- Archaic
A tall leather shoe that reaches halfway to the knee and is worn for riding or historical dress
- Archaic
A folding hood on a carriage pulled by horses that protects passengers from rain and wind
- Australian
A tall evergreen tree from Tasmania with strong, fine wood that people use for boats and building
- Specialized
A tall North American plant with long white flowers that keeps insects away
- Informal
Loud exaggerated actions meant to get attention or make people laugh
- Archaic
A small table with a top that can be turned up to stand upright to save space
- Specialized
A yeast that rises to the top when beer is made and is used to brew ales
- Specialized
A thin layer of compost or fertilizer spread on top of soil to help plants grow without mixing it in
- Specialized
A way of making beer where yeast rises to the top at warm temperatures for ales
- Specialized
A plant that makes small bulbs at the top instead of flowers and gives young shoots for salads
- Specialized
A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship that holds the topgallant sail
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Top for the spinning toy got its name from the old word topp for a small pointed thing, because the toy sits on its top point and spins. So a top is a toy that turns on its highest point.