toppy

adj, noun — 7 senses

toppy

adj

UK /ˈtɒpi/

Etymology From top + -y.

1

Top-heavy.

2

US High-quality (of animals).

3

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Characterised by lots of treble.

4

Business, Finance Overpriced, characteristic of the top of a market.

Of an asset or assets in general

  • […] because of the vast over-extension of credit, inflation, a generally "toppy" condition and a speculative mania in both this country and Europe […]1907, Alasco Delancey Brigham, Henry Rogers Hayden, The Weekly Underwriter, volume 77, page 393:
  • The average price of an acre of Iowa farmland ratcheted geometrically from $480 in 1970 to $834 in 1974 to a toppy $2147 in 1981.1995, Bryan Jones, The Farming Game, page 225:
2 more examples
  • Inside GE, Michael Pralle, the man who ran the real estate business and built it into a multibillion-dollar colossus, with Jeff's prodding, knew that the real estate business was getting very toppy.2022, William D. Cohan, Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, page 472:
  • Let’s face it, folks: the markets are toppy right now. Yet no one’s officially calling a recession or suggesting what to do if one appears. This is where signals really matter.2024 July 24, Investing with a Plan and Process:
5

Slang Crazy; mad.

  • ‘If I don't soon have something sensible to work on I'll go toppy.’1918 March 23, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 759, column 3:
6

Obsolete Having a top or peak.

toppy

noun

Etymology From top + -y.

  • Bad one wanna give man toppy She wanna suck off, follow my crew! On the backroad serving molly, she been battling bad for the bobby Saying she is sick: It's not a flu2025 October 31, TT NDO, “Brucky 3style” (1:17–1:25 from the start), ProdbyN0luvjah (music):

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