toplined
toplined is the simple past and past participle of topline.
Meaning of topline
Verb
topline (third-person singular simple present toplines, present participle toplining, simple past and past participle toplined)
- To bill (a performer) as the primary entertainer in a production.
- A popular series of musical shorts he made for Mack Sennett's company in 1930 added to his success as a radio vocalist, and had made him a star by the end of 1931, when Paramount toplined him in The Big Broadcast […]1983, John Kobal, A History of Movie Musicals: Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, page 147
- To be billed as the primary entertainer in (a production).
- [Whitney] Houston's success in music led her to topline the features "Waiting to Exhale," "The Preacher's Wife" and the telefilm "Cinderella."Variety https://web.archive.org/web/20120216113023/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118050123?refCatId=16
- (music) To compose and/or sing the vocal part of a song (particularly pop).
Questions about toplined
- What is toplined the simple past and past participle of?
- Toplined is the simple past and past participle of topline.
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