[syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tiptop \Tip"top`\, n. [Tip end + top.]
The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tiptop \Tip"top`\, a.
Very excellent; most excellent; perfect. [Colloq.] "Four
tiptop voices." --Gray. "Sung in a tiptop manner."
--Goldsmith.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tiptop
adj 1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack
shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played
top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she
is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack,
first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch,
tops(p)]
n 1: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage
of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of
beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the
height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer
was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle
of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest
superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his
profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak,
pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop,
top]
2: the extreme top or summit