Meaning of TOPPER
| Pronunciation: | | 'tâpur
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- [n] a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with beaver or silk
- [n] a woman's short coat
- [n] an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before
- [n] the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them"
- [n] a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
- [n] a worker who makes or adds the top to something
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| | Synonyms: | | beaver, best, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat |
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| | See Also: | | chapeau, coat, hat, human, humor, humour, individual, lid, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, wit, witticism, wittiness, worker | |
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| | Definition: | | Topper
Thorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is the hilarious, ribald comedy on which the hit television show and movie (starring Cary Grant) were based. It all begins when Cosmo Topper, a law-abiding, mild-mannered bank manager, decides to buy a secondhand car, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of its previous owners - the reckless, feckless, frivolous couple who met their untimely demise when the car careened into an oak tree. The ghosts, George and Marion Kerby, make it their mission to rescue Topper from the drab summer of suburban Sundays that is his life - and they commence a series of madcap adventures that leave Topper, and anyone else who crosses their path, in a whirlwind of discomfiture and delight. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Top"per\, n.
1. One that tops, in any sense of the verb; specif.:
(a) A cover of a top layer or part. [Colloq.]
(b) One that excels, surpasses, or is extraordinary of its
kind. [Slang]
(c) Any device for cutting off tops; as, a turnip topper.
(d) One who tops steel ingots.
(e) A three-square float (file) used by comb makers.
2. A top hat. [Slang or Colloq.]
3. Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; -- so called
from its being often taken out and placed on top of the
newly filled bowl. Also, a cigar stump. [Slang]
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