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top-bill

top-bill is the alternative form of topbill.

Meaning of topbill

Verb

topbill (third-person singular simple present topbills, present participle topbilling, simple past and past participle topbilled)

  1. (Philippines, especially, transitive) To star in; to be the leading actor or actress in (a series, etc.).
    • Before she leaves for Spain in August, she will topbill a show with other classical singers entitled Best […]1989, National Mid-week
  2. (Philippines, especially, transitive) To give top billing to.
    • Michael Dudikoff is top-billed as the professional hitman who trains him.2015, Clive Davies, Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won’t Write About

Forms of top-bill

third-person singular presenttop-bills
present participletop-billing
past participletop-billed
pasttop-billed

Questions about top-bill

What is top-bill the alternative form of?
Top-bill is the alternative form of topbill.

Words near top-bill in the dictionary

  1. top whack
  2. top-age
  3. top-aged
  4. top-armour
  5. top-armours
  6. top-bill
  7. top-billed
  8. top-billing
  9. top-bills
  10. top-block
  11. top-blocks

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