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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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] 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., & n. colloq. --adj. & adv. highest in excellence; very best. --n. the highest point of excellence.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tiptop Tip"top`, n. [Tip end + top.] The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tiptop Tip"top`, a. Very excellent; most excellent; perfect. [Colloq.] ``Four tiptop voices.'' --Gray. ``Sung in a tiptop manner.'' --Goldsmith.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see tip-top