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top-to-bottom

top-to-bottom adjective: entire; thorough.

Adjective

top-to-bottom (comparative more top-to-bottom, superlative most top-to-bottom)

  1. Entire; thorough.
    • What this house needs is a top-to-bottom cleaning.
    • Instead, “Margo” balances warmth, offbeat comedy and porno-populism, abetted by a top-to-bottom outstanding cast.2026 April 15, James Poniewozik, “Review: ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Will Make an OnlyFan of You”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    soup-to-nuts

Noun

top-to-bottom (plural top-to-bottoms)

  1. A piece of graffiti covering the whole height of a railway carriage.
    • Many writers felt constricted painting below the windows of cars and began to expand their pieces upward into top-to-bottoms and lengthwise into end-to-ends.1984, Craig Castleman, Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York, page 57

Synonyms of top-to-bottom

Forms of top-to-bottom

Adjective
comparativemore top-to-bottom
superlativemost top-to-bottom
Noun
pluraltop-to-bottoms
alternative formtop to bottom

Questions about top-to-bottom

What does top-to-bottom mean?
Top-to-bottom means entire; thorough.
What part of speech is top-to-bottom?
Top-to-bottom can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near top-to-bottom in the dictionary

  1. top-tick
  2. top-ticked
  3. top-ticking
  4. top-ticks
  5. top-tier
  6. top-to-bottom
  7. top-to-bottoms
  8. top-up
  9. top-ups
  10. Topa
  11. topage

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