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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Christopher MarloweExamples of topless in a Sentence
She likes to go topless on the beach.
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His encounters include an apparently mute teen acrobat played by Kinski, who appears topless in a scene.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
Perhaps in imitation of the former occupant—known only through the photographs, books, textiles, and trinkets covering the walls and the floor—Liden sits topless at a piano.
—Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
While in character, Sweeney went topless multiple times, sported a tiny Y2K butterfly top, experienced a few wedding nip slips, and even wrangled a python.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 1 June 2026
In particular, Wenders spoke about a scene from his 1975 film Wrong Move, which includes a topless shot of actress Nastassja Kinski, who was just 13 at the time.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026
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ABC News, 3 June 2026
Perhaps in imitation of the former occupant—known only through the photographs, books, textiles, and trinkets covering the walls and the floor—Liden sits topless at a piano.
—Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
While in character, Sweeney went topless multiple times, sported a tiny Y2K butterfly top, experienced a few wedding nip slips, and even wrangled a python.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 1 June 2026
In particular, Wenders spoke about a scene from his 1975 film Wrong Move, which includes a topless shot of actress Nastassja Kinski, who was just 13 at the time.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026
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 12 Jun. 2026.
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