tops

adv, adj, noun — 3 senses

tops

adv

UK /tɒps/ · US /tɑps/

Etymology Likely top + -s (diminutive).

1

Informal At the very most; as a maximum.

Your essay should be two pages, tops.

tops

adj

Etymology Likely top + -s (diminutive).

1

Dated, Slang Great; excellent.

This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.1938, Motion Picture Herald, volume 132, numbers 7-13, page 61:
Everyone who has ever eaten a torte loves it. It is tops in the dessert field.1944 February 2, Katherine Kitchen, “Favorite Recipes: A Sweet Little Blitz!”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 173, number 28,188, Sacramento, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13, column 4:

2 more examples

Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.1958 May 5, Billboard, page 139:
But if you feel like sitting down for an evening of *cinema* (or just wanna put something on in the background that you can make out to) sexy movies are kinda tops.2022 November 22, Katherine J Igoe, Rachel Varina, “20 Sexiest Movies of 2022 and Where You Can Stream ’Em All Yourself”, in Cosmopolitan:

tops

noun

Etymology Likely top + -s (diminutive).

1

Darts, Games The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field

Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

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