1
a
: wearing no clothing on the upper body
b
: featuring topless waitresses or entertainers
topless bars
c
: being a place where topless women are permitted
a topless beach
2
: being without a top
3
archaic
: so high as to reach up beyond sight
… and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?—
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She likes to go topless on the beach.
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Mambo Hy was the agency for the girls who danced in the topless clubs.
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The 818 Tequila founder appeared to be topless, wearing only a string bikini bottom.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The body paint looks as if it were done with skin-tight leggings, while the television personality appears to be topless under the paint.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The 818 Tequila founder appeared to be topless, wearing only a string bikini bottom.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The body paint looks as if it were done with skin-tight leggings, while the television personality appears to be topless under the paint.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
For example, Janelle Monáe has already had multiple viral transformations this Halloweek, from her turn as the Cat in the Hat to a topless tattooed vampire on Muscle Beach.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for topless
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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