tiptop noun, adjective, & adverb. [tɪp'tɒp] colloq. Also tip-top. E18.
[Redupl. of TOP noun¹, prob. with assoc. of TIP noun¹.]
A. noun.
1. The very top; the highest point or part; the height or acme of something. E18.
■ S. O'Faoláin Beeches with the rooks' nests in their tip-tops.

2. sing. & in pl. People of the highest quality or rank. Now rare or obsolete. M18.

3. A line guide on a fishing-rod. N. Amer. M20.
b. adjective. At the very top; fig. of the highest rank or quality; first-rate. E18.
■ B. Chatwin The members treated themselves to a tip-top luncheon.
■ M. Amis I leapt out of bed feeling..really tiptop.
C. adverb. In the highest degree; superlatively. L19.

■ tip-topmost adjective highest; best: M20.

■ tip-topper noun a high-ranking or excellent person or thing E19.

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