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drop top

drop top noun: a convertible car, the roof of which can be folded down to form an open-top vehicle.

Noun

drop top (plural drop tops)

  1. (US, colloquial) A convertible car, the roof of which can be folded down to form an open-top vehicle.
    • I gotta go 'cause I got me a drop top
      And if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator
    • You got no hand skills, there's no security to save ya
      No pager, no celly, no drop top Benz-y1998, “Moment of Truth”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr

Forms of drop top

pluraldrop tops
alternative formdrop-top
alternative formdroptop

Origin of drop top

A rhyming colloquial form derived from the fact that the roof (top) of the car drops down.

Questions about drop top

What does drop top mean?
Drop top means a convertible car, the roof of which can be folded down to form an open-top vehicle.
What part of speech is drop top?
Drop top is a noun.
What is the plural of drop top?
The plural of drop top is drop tops.

Words near drop top in the dictionary

  1. drop the subject
  2. drop the topic
  3. drop the writ
  4. drop tongue
  5. drop tongues
  6. drop top
  7. drop tops
  8. drop tower
  9. drop towers
  10. drop trou
  11. drop trow

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