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# tiptop

«tiptop» in Mova's school dictionary: **Excellent; in the very best condition: «in tiptop shape»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (tiptop — informal, old-fashioned); noun (the tiptop — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, old-fashioned) Excellent; in the very best condition: «in tiptop shape». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/#m1)

2) (rare) The very top or highest point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday speech, grandparents say «I'm feeling tiptop» or «the bike is in tiptop condition». In stories, it gives a cheerful, old-fashioned voice. In New Zealand, Tip Top is a famous ice-cream brand. Phrases: «in tiptop condition», «tiptop shape», «feeling tiptop».

### examples

- Grandpa's old car is still in tiptop condition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/#x1)
- «How are you?» «Tiptop, thank you!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/#x2)
- Keep your bike in tiptop shape by oiling the chain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/#x3)
- The squirrel climbed to the tiptop of the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/#x4)
- The garden looks tiptop for the summer fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/#x5)
- We had a tiptop time at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/#x6)

### note

Also written «tip-top». Informal and a bit old-fashioned. Similar: excellent, first-class, top-notch.

### In the corpora

- [TiPToP is a way to remember when to start a new paragraph: a change of Time, Place, Topic or Person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tiptop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiptop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.