tip top
Peak of excellence
Tip top means the very best or highest quality: Everything was in tip-top shape for the inspection.
The phrase suggests reaching the absolute peak—the top of the top.
Usually hyphenated as an adjective before a noun, though spelling varies.
Also used as a noun for the highest point: at the tip top of the mountain.
- best in classHighest quality among peers
- perfectionAbsence of any fault
- first-rateOf superior quality
- peakUtmost height attained
- zenithPoint straight overhead
apex · summit · excellence · ace · A-1 · superiority · flawless · crest · prime · in fine fettle · ship shape · stellar · ideal · optimal · high point · pinnacle · superb · immaculate
- rhyming reduplicativesflip flop, hip hop, zigzag, ping pong, ding dong
- superlativesexcellent, superb, best, outstanding, supreme
- fishing tacklefishing rod, fishing rods, spinning rod, fly rod, fishing line
- fishing rodsblank, guides, handle, ferrule, butt
- spinning toysdreidel, teetotum, Beyblade
tip topterrible
Extremely poor or distressing
awful · bottom of the barrel · rock bottom · abysmal · worst
tip toprock bottom
Lowest possible level
bottom · lowest · dead last · at the bottom · bottom rung
tip, top, tips, tops, tipped, tipping, topped, topping, tippet