topless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English top Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English topless From top + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lacking a top.
The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.
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(not-comparable, poetic) Very high; towering.
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,
late 16th century Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
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(not-comparable, of a female) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.
The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.
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(not-comparable, of a place) Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers.
Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses.
She was workin' in a topless place / And I stopped in for beer / I just kept lookin' at the side of her face / In the spotlight so clear.
1975, Bob Dylan, “Tangled Up in Blue”, in Blood on the Tracks:Driving down your freeways / Midnight alleys roam / Cops in cars, the topless bars / Never saw a woman so alone
1971, “L.A. Woman”, in Jim Morrison (lyrics), L.A. Woman, performed by The Doors:
Deriveds
toplessness · topless dress · toplessly · topless radio · topless meeting
Synonyms
bare-breasted · barechested · half-naked · shirtless · topfree · semi-nude
Translations (69)
tr üstsüz (naked from the waist up) · scn â nuda (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · ru с го́лым то́рсом (naked from the waist up) · tr üstsüz (lacking a top) · fr topless (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · scn a l'ariò (naked from the waist up) · pl toples (naked from the waist up) · bg без горнище на банския (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · fr seins nus (naked from the waist up) · pt topless (naked from the waist up) · sv barbröstad (naked from the waist up) · scn â nuda (lacking a top) · cmn 上空 (naked from the waist up) · ru без ве́рха (lacking a top) · pl topless (naked from the waist up) · cy di-dop (lacking a top) · bg гол до кръста (naked from the waist up) · is berbrjósta (naked from the waist up) · de busenfrei (naked from the waist up) · ru то́плес (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · de barbusig (naked from the waist up) · hu topless (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · ru то́плес (naked from the waist up) · fi topless (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · ru с обнажённой гру́дью (naked from the waist up) · cmn 無頂 /无顶 (lacking a top) · hu félmeztelen (naked from the waist up) · mi ū tautau (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · de topless (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · cy bronnoeth (naked from the waist up) · fo berbróstað (naked from the waist up) · fi korkeana siintävä (poetic: very high, towering) · fi yläosaton (lacking a top) · scn a l'ària (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · de oben ohne (naked from the waist up) · mi ū tautau (naked from the waist up) · fi tissi- (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · scn â nuda (naked from the waist up) · eo nudmama (naked from the waist up) · ja トップレス (naked from the waist up) · fi yläosaton (naked from the waist up) · de topless (naked from the waist up) · vi trần (naked from the waist up) · bg без покрив (lacking a top) · cmn 无顶 (lacking a top) · el γυμνόστηθος (naked from the waist up) · sk hore bez (naked from the waist up) · nb toppløs (naked from the waist up) · fi avonainen (lacking a top) · cs nahoře bez (naked from the waist up) · scn a l'ària (lacking a top) · de barbusig (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · nn topplaus (naked from the waist up) · da topløs (naked from the waist up) · hu égbe nyúló (poetic: very high, towering) · hu meztelen/csupasz felsőtestű (naked from the waist up) · scn a l'ariò (lacking a top) · scn a l'àriu (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · ja トップレス (featuring women that are naked from the waist up) · scn a l'àriu (lacking a top) · scn a l'ària (naked from the waist up) · fr topless (naked from the waist up) · scn a l'àriu (naked from the waist up) · scn a spaḍḍa nuda (naked from the waist up) · nb topplaus (naked from the waist up) · is topplaus (naked from the waist up) · cmn 無上裝 /无上装 (naked from the waist up) · hu tető nélküli (lacking a top) · scn a l'ariò (featuring women that are naked from the waist up)