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tip⋅top

[n. tip-top; adj. tip-top, -top; adv. tip-top]
–noun
1. the extreme top or summit.
2. Informal. the highest point or degree: the very tiptop of physical condition.
3. Chiefly British Informal. the highest social class.
–adjective
4. situated at the very top.
5. Informal. of the highest quality; excellent: a tiptop meal.
–adverb
6. in a tiptop manner; very well: It's shaping up tiptop.

Origin:
1695–1705; gradational compound; see tip 1 , top 1
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tip·top   (tĭp'tŏp')   
n.  
  1. The highest point; the summit.

  2. The highest degree of quality or excellence.

adj.  Excellent; first-rate: an athlete in tiptop condition.
adv.  Very well; excellently.
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