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a
: wearing no clothing on the upper body
b
: featuring topless waitresses or entertainers
topless bars
c
: being a place where topless women are permitted
a topless beach
2
: being without a top
3
archaic
: so high as to reach up beyond sight
and burnt the topless towers of Ilium—
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher MarloweExamples of topless in a Sentence
She likes to go topless on the beach.
Recent Examples on the Web
First young celebs were ditching their pants, and now going topless has taken that trend's place.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
When someone walks in on them, viewers see a woman topless from behind and on top of a man.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
The collar of the coat was turned up behind Perry’s neck and fit the singer in such a way to slightly expose her topless torso.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 26 June 2024
The actress Adah Isaacs Menken was equally willing to self-promote with topless cartes de visite and images of her in stage costume or in male drag.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2024
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
When someone walks in on them, viewers see a woman topless from behind and on top of a man.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
The collar of the coat was turned up behind Perry’s neck and fit the singer in such a way to slightly expose her topless torso.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 26 June 2024
The actress Adah Isaacs Menken was equally willing to self-promote with topless cartes de visite and images of her in stage costume or in male drag.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for topless
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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