topless
- adjective
- /ˈtɑːpləs/
- She drove around in her new topless car, feeling the wind in her hair.
- topless car
- topless wall
- topless car wash
Examples
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Nudie's Rodeo Tailors original label featured a topless cowgirl, seen at left, and was updated with a fringed bolero in 1963.
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Virtually all of Meroe's royal pyramids are now topless, thanks to Guiseppe Ferlini, a treasure-hunting physician.
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And it was set in Miami and they got topless beaches down there.
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They were usually topless at first, but eventually they were fully dressed, often wearing suits and such.
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As luck would have it, I just acquired a metal five-gallon bucket along with a topless garbage can that I have a lost lid to fit.
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The boys are topless now because they wore these superhero outfits and they're boiling hot, so we're just cooling down trying to get some air to them.
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The children enjoyed building sandcastles on the topless beach.
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The ancient temple had a topless roof, exposing the sky above.
Synonyms
Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface
Not wearing a shirt
Not wearing clothing over the breasts
With no top covering so rain and wind can get in
Without a cover on top
A container without a cover on top
Open at the top and not covered
A thing with no cover or lid that lets you see what is inside
Not wearing clothes on a part of the body
Not covered by clothes and showing skin
Without a shirt so the chest shows
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Topless is simply top + -less, where top means 'upper part' and -less means 'without', like in sleeveless. So a 'topless' jar or box is 'without a top'.