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Definition: Topper |
TopperNoun1. An exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before. 2. A woman's short coat. 3. A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with beaver or silk. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "topper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Cleans, shapes, and smooths parts of smoking pipes: Positions specified grade of sandpaper on sanding machine spindle and turns nut to secure sandpaper. Starts machine and holds part, such as bowl or stem, against rotating disk, using varying pressure, or positions pipe bowl on spindle and holds sandpaper against revolving bowl to clean, shape, or smooth pipe. May be designated according to degree of sanding as Fine Sander (fabrication, nec); Rough Sander (fabrication, nec); or according to part or area sanded as Bit Sander (fabrication, nec); Bottom Sander (fabrication, nec); Bowl Topper (fabrication, nec); Shank Sander (fabrication, nec); or according to sanding objective as Putty Remover (fabrication, nec). May sand shank to fit flush with stem and be designated Flusher (fabrication, nec). May position pipe bowl on spindle and hold sandpaper against revolving bowl to smooth and shape bowl. (references) |
| Tends machine that attaches edge-wire frame to coil spring assemblies with $T3helical springs:$T1 Places spring assembly on table and positions edge wire on top of springs. Inserts helical spring in spinner and depresses pedal to start and control speed of spinner. Guides emerging helical spring so that it joins edge wire and tops of coil springs on ends and sides of assembly. Removes surplus helical spring, using nipper, and crimps end with pliers. Turns and positions assembly to attach edge wire to remaining ends or sides. Turns spring assembly over and repeats process. (references) | |
| Loops stitches of ribbed garment parts on points of $T3transfer bar$T1 to facilitate transfer of garment part to needles of knitting machine. Cuts several stitches and pulls yarn out by hand to unravel rows of surplus fabric between points and edge of fabric. May assist KNITTER, FULL-FASHIONED GARMENT (knitting) to doff machine. (references) | |
Slang in 1811 | TOPPER. A violent blow on the head. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Topper was a British comic book that featured:
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Topper
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Topper."
Synonyms: TopperSynonyms: beaver (n), dress hat (n), high hat (n), opera hat (n), silk hat (n), stovepipe (n), top hat (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Topper |
| Specialty definitions using "topper": MISH TOPPER. (references) |
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Screenplays | Hey Topper Harley, now that you've killed the bad guy and made the world safe for democracy, what are you going to do to cash in on your new found fame? (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Topper (1953) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |
Consumer Goods | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Agriculture. Guayule cultivation. Seedling topper at work on guayule nursery beds. This machine mows the seedlings off to a uniform height for ease in digging and packing. The tops are collected in a bin on the machine and disposed of outside of the nurse. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | So did Topper when (r)he came. |
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Trade | Argentina | Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Topper" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 52.27% of the time. "Topper" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 52.27% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (singular) | 47.73% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 44 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "topper" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Topper | Last name | 1,000 | 10,694 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "topper": chart-topper. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "topper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njeri i mirë (do gooder, good man), gjë që ndodhet sipër, cilindër (barrel, cannon, cylinder, gabion, opera hat, roller, silk hat, tall hat, top hat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الشخص الأقوى, شخص ممتاز (daisy, trump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чудесно нещо, чудесен човек (Pearl, smasher), цилиндър (beaver, chimney-pot hat, cylinder, drum, plug, silk hat, sleeve, stovepipe hat, tile, top hat), най-горен камък на стена, лек дамски жакет. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 轻便短大衣. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krycí deska. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | le plus fort. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zylinder (chimney, cyl, cylinder, cylinders, drum, lamp chimney, lamp glass, roller, silk hat, top hat, tophat, tophats), angströhre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κορυφαίοσ (summital, tiptop), υψηλό καπέλο, ημίψηλο (top hat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צילי "ר (cylinder, silk hat, tall hat, top hat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fedõ (cover, covering, lid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | トキソプラズマ症 (18-wheeler, articulated lorry, galvanized sheet iron, latest fashion, pepper game, semi-trailer, Thomas Cup, toboggan, toffy, toggle, toggle switch, Tom, tomahawk, tomato, tomato ketchup, tomato puree, tommy gun, tomography, tom-tom, toner, tonic, tonic water, tony tie, top, top ball, top batter, top class, top condition, top down, top fashion, top gear, top group, top hat, top lady, top management, top news, top runner, top scene, top secret, top seller, top spin, top star, topaze, topcoat, top-domain, topic, topic news, topics, topless, top-level, top-note, topological, topology, topping, toss, toss batting, tosser, totocalcio, toxoplasmosis, Toyota, tractor, tractor-trailer, tragedy, tragic, tragi-comedie, transistor glamour, trauma, triad, trial, trial and error, triangle, tri-athlete, triathlon, tribalism, tricycle, Trident, trijet, Tristar, truss, trust, try, zinc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | トッパー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oppertay coisa formidável (chimney-pot hat, smasher), chapéu alto (chimney-pot hat, tile), cartola (chimney-pot hat, crushhat, tile, top hat), camarada (associate, bud, buddy, chimney-pot hat, cobber, companion, compeer, comrade, downstage, fellow, friendly, mate, nice, pal, pally, playmate, stable companion), boa pessoa (good fellow, trump). (various references) pãlãrie (cap, hat, head-gear), lucru extraordinar (caution, crackajack), joben (stove pipe, tile), ciupercã (mushroom, toadstool), bãiat bun (regular guy, sport). (various references) цилиндр (chimney-pot hat, cylinder, drum, silk hat, stovepipe, tall hat, top hat), превосходный человек, превосходная вещь. (various references) osoba koja nadmašuje ostale, gornji deo (topside). (various references) sombrero de copa (gibus, top hat). (various references) prima grabb, hög hatt (plug, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat). (various references) tepe taşı, silindir şapka (chimney hat, high hat, plug, plug hat, silk hat, stovepipe, stovepipe hat, tall hat, tile, top hat), seçkin kimse (topliner), iyi adam (good guy, good man, trump), birinci sınıf şey (crack). (various references) чудова людина (darling), циліндр (cylinder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "topper": toppers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "topper": cartopper, showstopper, stopper, unstopper. (additional references) | |
Words containing "topper": cartoppers, showstoppers, stoppered, stoppering, stoppers, unstoppered, unstoppering, unstoppers. (additional references) | |
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"Topper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Opper, oppor, tippert, toaper, topar, topear, topeir, topher, Tophet, topir, topira, toppe, toppet, toppiery, toppy, torper, tupor, tuppe, tupper, wopper. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "topper" (pronounced tÄ"per) |
| 4 | t Ä" p er | stopper. |
| 3 | -Ä" p er | bopper, chopper, copper, cropper, dropper, Hopper, improper, Popper, proper, shopper, whopper. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-p-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: repot, toper, trope. | |
-2 letters: pepo, perp, pert, poet, pope, pore, port, prep, prop, repo, repp, rope, rote, tope, tore, trop. | |
-3 letters: ope, opt, ore, ort, pep, per, pet, pop, pot, pro, rep, ret, roe, rot, toe, top, tor. | |
-4 letters: er, et, oe, op, or, pe, re, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-p-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: prophet, propjet, stopper, toppers. | |
+2 letters: preadopt, prompted, prompter, property, prophets, propjets, prospect, pteropod, stoppers, stropped, stropper, trappose. | |
+3 letters: approbate, cartopper, notepaper, opportune, postponer, preadopts, preceptor, preemptor, prepotent, proleptic, prompters, promptest, propagate, properest, prophetic, proponent, propretor, propriety, proptoses, prospects, prototype, pteropods, purported, reappoint, spaceport, stoppered, stroppers, stroppier, superport, supported, supporter, unstopper, uppermost. | |
+4 letters: apostrophe, approbated, approbates, cartoppers, epistrophe, leptospire, micropipet, notepapers, outcropped, outdropped, overtipped, overtopped, perception, peremptory, periphyton, petroglyph, photophore, pinspotter, pleiotropy, postponers, preadopted, preceptors, preceptory, precompute, preemption, preemptors, preemptory, preparator, preportion, prepotency, promptness, propagated, propagates, propellant, propellent, propensity, propertied, properties, prophetess, propionate, propitiate, proponents, propraetor, propretors, proprietor, prospected, prospector, prospectus, prosperity, prototyped, prototypes, protreptic, rapporteur, reappoints, repopulate, saprophyte, spaceports, sporophyte, stoppering, stroppiest, superports, suppletory, supporters, supportive, treehopper, tropopause, unprompted, unstoppers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 70 70 65 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .--. .--. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110000 01110000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o p p e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0070 0070 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548182827184 |
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