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Meaning of "top out" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOP OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOP OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Top out is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TOP OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

top out

Topping out

In building construction, topping out is a builders' rite traditionally held when the last beam is placed atop a structure during its erection. Nowadays the ceremony is often parlayed into a media event for public relations purposes. After topping out, numerous elements of construction remain, including interior finish and most mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.

Definition of top out in the English dictionary

The definition of top out in the dictionary is to place the highest stone on or perform a ceremony on this occasion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOP OUT

top dollar
top drawer
top dressing
top end
top floor
top gear
top hand
top hat
top kill
top management
top off
top round
top secret
top security
top slicing
top ten
top thirty
top twenty
top up
top whack

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOP OUT

blimp out
cheap out
check out
cop out
crap out
crop out
dip out
help out
keep out
lip out
map out
ship out
sleep out
slop out
stamp out
step out
stop out
strip out
trip out
wimp out

Synonyms and antonyms of top out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «top out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOP OUT

Find out the translation of top out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of top out from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «top out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

顶出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

superar a cabo
570 millions of speakers

English

top out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर शीर्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعلى من
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высшего уровня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cobrir para fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আউট শীর্ষে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sortie par le haut
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Top out
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

oben aus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

うちトップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아웃 맨 위로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ndhuwur metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேல் அவுட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टॉप आउट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dışarı çık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

superare fuori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

top z
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вищого рівня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în partea de sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κορυφή έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bo uit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

början ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

topp ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of top out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOP OUT»

The term «top out» is regularly used and occupies the 87.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOP OUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «top out» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «top out» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about top out

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOP OUT»

Discover the use of top out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to top out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
And the bottoms — "the lower or spurious leisure class," Veblen calls them — share something more with the top-out-of-sights. They do not earn their money. They are given it and kept afloat not by their own efforts or merits but by the welfare ...
Paul Fussell, 1992
2
Boulderfest! The Snow Valley Bouldering Guide
Move left, top out in large dish common with Matt's Mantel. 6. Brandon's Problem. V0+ **. In the center of the west face, sit-down start with both hands matched on large incut edge. Stay direct, mantel over top. Nice. 6a. Sit start on “Brandon's ...
Matt Artz
3
Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, ...
Raynor testified there was never any discussion about limiting pay increases to top out rate. Bruce Raynor agreed that he was familiar with the term "top out" and that the top out in the parties' contract was at 2 years. He testified that he believes  ...
National Labor Relations Board
4
Race Tech's Motorcycle Suspension Bible
There are two basic designs of top- out springs: internal and external. The first thing you must know is which type of top-out spring you have. Damping rod forks are always external and right side up. Upside down forks are always internal ...
Paul Thede, Lee Parks, 2010
5
Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook
Bruce Perry. Example 1-1. A typical HttpServlet usedfor handling an HTML form package import import import import import import import public public //set //use / /make //calls com.jspservletcookbook; java.io.IOException; java.io.PrintWriter ...
Bruce Perry, 2004
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American Kennel Club Stud Book
Tenor, by Top, out of Dot, by Flute, out of Belle ; Top, by Ringwood, out of Winnie. Nellie Krueger (18,508).— Truitt & Anderson, New Bethlehem, Pa. Breeder, A. C. Krueger, Wrightsville, Pa. Whelped March 30, 1890; white, black and tan; ...
‎1891
7
Duroc-Jersey swine record
4s. Bd by L. Dale Davidson, Sheridan, Mo. fDan Tol I 77101 < .1 Belle of I III 485 Top 107827 by Bartlett's Tip Top ' out of Peter's Baby 224624. f Sheridan 219828 by Buddy O. 48599 out of Miss Watson 122186. 228466— LASSIE GIRL. Far.
‎1912
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Retire just as one becomes very successful, as in He decided that at sixty it was time to top out. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s] top to toe ➧See from head to toe. torch ➧ See carry a torch for; pass the torch. to rights ➧ See dead to rights; set ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
9
Top Trails: Shenandoah National Park: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone
163 Explore six sequentially numbered falls while ascending a rugged gorge with everywhere-you-look beauty. Top out on a rock promontory with a view of the uppermost falls. Beware the crowds during nice weather. Cedar Run Falls .
Johnny Molloy, 2013
10
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
PHRASALVERBS top out [I] to reach the highest point in a continuously changing level that is about to start becoming less again: House prices have topped out. 0 top out at sth Cash bonuses top out at $200,000 for senior managers. —) See ...
Cambridge University Press, 2011

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