top notch

See also: topnotch and top-notch

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from an unknown nineteenth-century game, where the leader was on the “top notch”.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjective

top notch (comparative more top notch, superlative most top notch)

(idiomatic) Very good; of the highest level or quality. [from 1848]
Synonyms: excellent, top shelf

The award may be given to anybody who consistently writes top notch content.

Translations

Of the highest quality

French: de premier ordre, excellent (fr)
German: erstklassig (de), exzellent (de)
Hungarian: első osztályú, príma (hu)

Portuguese: excelente (pt)
Russian: первокла́ссный (ru) (pervoklássnyj)
Spanish: excelente (es), de primera clase

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