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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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Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Amazon and Achillia in Halicarnassus are topless, wearing only a loincloth.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
His topless appearance revealed what was believed to be a new tattoo of Hailey.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Last week, the Austin Powers star shared another sultry portrait, going topless in a field of daffodils.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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