Meaning of tip-top in English. excellent; perfect: I try and keep in tip-top shape by exercising every day. Even though our house is in tip-top condition, we're having problems selling it.
Where did the phrase tip-top shape come from?
It is supposed to have reached England from Scandinavia, for its ancestor did not turn up in Old English. The Old Icelandic form was typpi, evidently from tuppi “top.” It is nice to know that when you look at tip long enough, you discover top.
What type of word is Tip-Top?
tiptop
- noun. the extreme top or summit. Informal. the highest point or degree: the very tiptop of physical condition. Chiefly British Informal. ...
- adjective. situated at the very top. Informal. of the highest quality; excellent: a tiptop meal.
- adverb. in a tiptop manner; very well: It's shaping up tiptop.
