Topper

Pronunciation

• w IPA: /ˈtÉ’p.É™/
• w IPA: /ˈtÉ”p.É™/
• w IPA: /ˈtÉ‘.pÉš/
• Rhymes: -É’pÉ™(r)

Noun

1. Something that is on top.
• 2009, January 26, Cameron Adams, Sniffer dogs have their Big Day Out, UK act the Prodigy will headline the Boiler Room, with chart toppers the Ting Tings playing at 2.15pm on the green stage.
2. A top hat.
3. Something for removing the top of something.
• 2007, October 14, Amanda Hesser, 2000: Le Bernardin’s Croque-Monsieur, The only problem is that the best egg toppers, which are different from egg cutters, are an investment — the Inox professional egg topper is $55 at surlatable.com .
4. Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.
5. A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.
6. Head, chief.
7. (dated, slang) A fine or remarkable person.