topless

adjective

top·​less ˈtäp-ləs How to pronounce topless (audio)
1
a
: wearing no clothing on the upper body
b
: featuring topless waitresses or entertainers
topless bars
c
: being a place where topless women are permitted
a topless beach
2
: being without a top
3
archaic : so high as to reach up beyond sight
and burnt the topless towers of IliumChristopher Marlowe
toplessness noun

Examples of topless in a Sentence

She likes to go topless on the beach.
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In others, Munn is photographed topless, revealing the scars on the side of her breasts from the double mastectomy and breast reconstruction. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2024 In the former, a topless man half reclines on a twin bed—a latter-day Madame Récamier. Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024 One scene that was cut — that, in fact, was never filmed — would have required Spelling to go topless in a spoof of the 1982 horror film The Entity starring Barbara Hershey. John Russell, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024 That distinction belongs to the workers at the Star Garden, a topless bar in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, which successfully unionized in May 2023 following an 18-month strike. James Factora, Them, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for topless 

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of topless was in 1589

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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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