topless
adjective
top·less
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Definition of topless
1a
: 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 Ilium— Christopher Marlowe
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Other Words from topless
toplessness
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Examples of topless in a Sentence
She likes to go topless on the beach.
Recent Examples on the Web
In the first episode, for example, Jesse is being blackmailed with video evidence of him partying with topless women, and doing drugs while away at a convention. — oregonlive.com, "‘Succession’ and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’: How to make unlikable characters into great TV (and how not to)," 13 Aug. 2019 The country singer recently teased a topless photo from her Playboy shoot on her Instagram ahead of the magazine’s Gender & Sexuality issue, out June 18. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, "Maren Morris Defends Posing Topless for Playboy: 'I Just Want to Live and Love'," 13 June 2019 Posing in a pair of jeans and nothing else, Hosk was photographed completely topless for the eye-catching campaign. — Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "Elsa Hosk Poses Totally Topless in Her Latest Photoshoot," 3 Feb. 2019 The photo has beaming gals standing behind a board painted to present them topless. — Time, "The Strange Allure of State Fair Food," 11 July 2019 Most states allow women to go topless, the site reports, with only three having a clear ban. — Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, "Cops called when woman goes topless at Duluth beach. But was she breaking the law?," 10 July 2019 The sight of middle-aged men in China relaxing in public places with their shirt rolled up to expose their stomach, or going completely topless, is a common one throughout the country. — Serenitie Wang And Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, "No more 'Beijing bikini': Chinese city calls topless men 'uncivilized'," 4 July 2019 The actress broke the news on Instagram with a stunning photo of herself posting topless and showing her baby bump. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Shay Mitchell Announces She's Pregnant with a Stunning Nude Photo Shoot," 28 June 2019 With her latest look, Gigi Hadid took the #freethenipple movement one step further with the most confusing (but chic) topless top. — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, "Gigi Hadid Went Nearly Topless on a Photoshoot," 26 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'topless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for topless
topless
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of topless
of a woman
: wearing no clothing on the upper body
: done while not wearing any clothing on the upper body
: having or allowing topless women
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