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black topped

black topped is the simple past and past participle of black top.

Meaning of black top

Noun

black top (plural black tops)

  1. (UK, uncommon) A middle-market tabloid; a tabloid newspaper aimed at the middle class, perceived as having intermediate journalistic standards between a broadsheet and a red top.
    • Tabloid-style journalism exists in many societies, but the various elements that co-exist in a red-top or black-top are found on separate platforms in other countries.2020 June 9, Steve Buckledee, Tabloiding the Truth: It's the Pun Wot Won It, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, top.

Questions about black topped

What is black topped the simple past and past participle of?
Black topped is the simple past and past participle of black top.

Words near black topped in the dictionary

  1. black toads
  2. black tooth
  3. black top
  4. black top-hat transform
  5. black top-hat transforms
  6. black topped
  7. black topping
  8. black tops
  9. Black Tortoise
  10. Black Tortoise of the North
  11. Black Tot Day

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