toppy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɒpi/ (UK)
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
From top + -y.
Meanings
- Top-heavy.
- (US) High-quality (of animals).
- Characterised by lots of treble.
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(of an asset or assets in general, qualifier:or their price) Overpriced, characteristic of the top of a market.
[…] because of the vast over-extension of credit, inflation, a generally "toppy" condition and a speculative mania in both this country and Europe […]
1907, Alasco Delancey Brigham, Henry Rogers Hayden, The Weekly Underwriter, volume 77, page 393:Let’s face it, folks: the markets are toppy right now. Yet no one’s officially calling a recession or suggesting what to do if one appears. This is where signals really matter.
2024 July 24, Investing with a Plan and Process:Inside GE, Michael Pralle, the man who ran the real estate business and built it into a multibillion-dollar colossus, with Jeff's prodding, knew that the real estate business was getting very toppy.
2022, William D. Cohan, Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, page 472:The average price of an acre of Iowa farmland ratcheted geometrically from $480 in 1970 to $834 in 1974 to a toppy $2147 in 1981.
1995, Bryan Jones, The Farming Game, page 225:
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(slang) Crazy; mad.
‘If I don't soon have something sensible to work on I'll go toppy.’
1918 March 14, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 759, column 3:
- (obsolete) Having a top or peak.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most toppy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more toppy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |