topper

Etymology

From Middle English toppor, equivalent to top +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒp.ə/
• (AusE) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔp.ə/
• (GenAm) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.pɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

man wearing a topper

topper (plural toppers)

1. Something that is on top.
   • 2009 January 26, Cameron Adams, “Sniffer dogs have their Big Day Out”, in Herald Sun‎:

     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 cutting off the top of something.
   • 2007 October 14, Amanda Hesser, “2000: Le Bernardin’s Croque-Monsieur”, in New York Times‎:

     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 thing or person.
8. One who tops steel ingots.
9. A three-square float, or file, used by comb-makers.
10. (India) The student who achieves the highest score in an examination.
11. (dated, slang) Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; so called from being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl.
12. A small secondary comic strip seen along with a larger Sunday strip, and usually by the same author.

Noun

topper m

1. indefinite plural of topp