: extending up over the ankle
high-top sneakers
high-tops plural noun

Examples of high-top in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Grab a seat on the tiny patio on the north side of the restaurant when the weather cooperates or wait for one of the booths or high-tops in the small space. Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024 The coroner’s office said Puentes was wearing blue jeans and yellow high-top tennis shoes at the time of his death. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 6 July 2024 Fashionable high-top sneakers that look great with any outfit Senators want limits on the government’s use of facial recognition technology for airport screening So what now for Heat roster? Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024 Heck, if Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons has her way, even those die-hard black-clad, avant-garde fashion followers will be bouncing along in red velvet high-tops next spring. Arthur Elgort, Vogue, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for high-top 

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Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high-top was in 1810

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Cite this Entry

“High-top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-top. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

high-top

adjective
ˈhī-ˌtäp
: extending up over the ankle
high-top sneakers
high-tops
-ˌtäps
plural noun
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