topper

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Something that is on top.
2. noun A top hat.
3. noun Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.

   In his latest standup set, his topper is a callback to the dog bowl story.

4. noun A short outer jacket worn by women or children.
5. noun A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress.
6. noun The student who achieves the highest score in an examination.
7. noun The head or chief of an organization.
8. noun A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.

Similar words

opera hat top hat stovepipe beaver dress hat high hat silk hat lid cap hat

Often followed by

and was to in had for is with on

Word family

toppers