Definition of topper
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Examples of topper in a Sentence
Their new song soon became a chart topper.
there are lots of good reasons we can't go to the concert, but the fact that the tickets are all sold out is the topper
Recent Examples of topper from the Web
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The 2017 concert schedule will feature a bevy of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers and chart toppers unlike anything Cleveland has seen in decades.
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The topper was Sunday, when Younts and her grandfather, Terry Younts, stood watching at the NASCAR’s template tent, where cars must conform to size and shape before being approved for each race.
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This year, Tong donned a new hat: that of chart-topper, after his Classic House LP hit No. 1 on the U.K. albums chart in January.
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Our perennial chart-topper, Duke Nukem Forever — two-time winner of our lifetime achievement award and Vaporware’s official mascot — is actually ineligible this year for legit reasons.
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TOPPER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of topper for English Language Learners
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: something that is placed on top of something else
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: something that is highest on a list
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the topper : the thing that is better, worse, etc., than everything before it
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