Definition of Top of the line

1. Noun. The best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise.


Definition of Top of the line

1. Adjective. (idiomatic) The best, fanciest, or highest quality, especially among selections in a product line. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Top Of The Line

top hands
top hat
top hats
top hole
top it off
top kill
top lift
top line
top lines
top notch
top of mind
top of mind awarenesses
top of the hour
top of the inning
top of the line (current term)
top of the morning
top of the shop
top off
top oneself
top onion
top order
top out
top priority
top quark
top quarks
top round
top scorer
top secret
top seed

Literary usage of Top of the line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"His brand-new computer sat centered on the desk, a top- of-the-line laptop with a wireless card and a screen big enough to qualify as a home theater in some ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"His brand-new computer sat centered on the desk, a top- of-the-line laptop with a wireless card and a screen big enough to qualify as a home theater in some ..."

3. Annual Report by Ontario Dept. of Highways, Ontario Dept. of Agriculture and Food, Ontario Dept. of Public Works (1897)
"The bottom of the said trench is to be level with the top of the line of the curb except where otherwise directed by the engineer. ..."

4. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... and at the bottom omni-, Ufed as a termination, it is ment ; and it is cuf- tomary, in this cafe, to write it at the top of the line. tomary ..."

5. On University Studies by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1910)
"The right part of k is similar to that of the capital R, so that up to the top of the line the type is a reduced capital. This type is also used for a small ..."

6. Engineer Field Manual by United States War Dept (1912)
"... line from a point high enough sO that Polaris, seen from the top of the picket, will he near the top of the line, fig. 11. The line should he hard and ..."

7. Shaw's Civil Architecture: Being a Complete Theoretical and Practical System by Edward Shaw (1852)
"2, let l с and ab be produced to meet each other in k ; then if a straight line be extended from k to the top of the line which stands upon c, the straight ..."

8. Civil Architecture: Or, A Complete Theoretical and Practical System of Building by Edward Shaw (1836)
"Now, if a straight line be supposed to extend from k to the top of the line which stands upon /, the straight line thus extended, if produced, ..."

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