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big tops

big tops is the plural of big top.

Meaning of big top

Noun

big top (plural big tops)

  1. A circus tent, especially the largest in a given circus, where the central attractions take place.
    • As a trapeze performer, she generally worked in the big top, but due to her injury, she was stuck working concessions.
  2. (broadly) A large tent of the style used for circusses.
  3. (broadly) The circus; the circus lifestyle.
    • He had been a big top performer in his youth, but in a twist of fate he had run away to become an investment banker.

Questions about big tops

What is big tops the plural of?
Big tops is the plural of big top.

Words near big tops in the dictionary

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  2. big toenails
  3. big toes
  4. Big Tomato
  5. big top
  6. big tops
  7. big tree
  8. big trees
  9. big two
  10. big ugly dish
  11. big ugly dishes

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