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over-the-top

o·ver-the-top
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ver stressed th ee top]
    • /ˈoʊ vər stressed ði tɒp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ver stressed th ee top]
    • /ˈoʊ vər stressed ði tɒp/

Definitions of over-the-top word

  • noun over-the-top the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point. 1
  • noun over-the-top the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything. 1
  • noun over-the-top the higher end of anything on a slope. 1
  • noun over-the-top British. a part considered as higher: the top of the street. high gear of an automobile. 1
  • noun over-the-top tops. the part of a plant that grows above ground, especially of an edible root. one of the tender tips of the branches or shoots of plants. 1
  • noun over-the-top the part of anything that is first or foremost; beginning: Let's go over it from the top again. 1

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Origin of over-the-top

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch top, German Zopf, Old Norse toppr “top”

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Parts of speech for Over-the-top

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

over-the-top popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for over-the-top

adjective over-the-top

  • baroque — Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
  • chichi — If you say that something is chichi, you mean that it is pretty or stylish, especially in a way that you consider affected.
  • histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • icky — repulsive or distasteful.
  • immoderate — not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme.

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