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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—
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher MarloweExamples of topless in a Sentence
She likes to go topless on the beach.
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Susann Sills had posted a topless photo after making a bet in a political chatroom called Patrick.net.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2024
In the clip, the mom of two is running into the operating room topless.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
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Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2024
In the clip, the mom of two is running into the operating room topless.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
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 29 May. 2024.
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