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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)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (ambitransitive) 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
  3. (transitive) (music) To compose and/or sing the vocal part of a song (particularly pop).

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Questions about toplined

What is toplined the simple past and past participle of?
Toplined is the simple past and past participle of topline.

Words near toplined in the dictionary

  1. toplighted
  2. toplighting
  3. toplights
  4. toplike
  5. topline
  6. toplined
  7. topliner
  8. topliners
  9. toplines
  10. toplining
  11. Toplis

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