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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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Christopher MarloweExamples of topless in a Sentence
She likes to go topless on the beach.
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Jennifer Grey went topless in a throwback photo celebrating her close friend Tracy Pollan's 66th birthday.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Ortega went topless underneath her raw-hem jacket, save for an ivory lace-up collar.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Diehard Knicks fan and Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet went topless after the game after stripping off his jacket and shirt with his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, looking on.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 11 June 2026
With precise steering, predictable handling, and an available slick-shifting six-speed manual transmission, this Miata is a textbook topless sports car.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
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Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Ortega went topless underneath her raw-hem jacket, save for an ivory lace-up collar.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Diehard Knicks fan and Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet went topless after the game after stripping off his jacket and shirt with his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, looking on.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 11 June 2026
With precise steering, predictable handling, and an available slick-shifting six-speed manual transmission, this Miata is a textbook topless sports car.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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