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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.
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The boat features a topless figure of Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and fertility, on the bow.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
In another photo with the second look, the mother-to-be wore a beige layered chiffon robe, and the WNBA star was topless in a pair of jeans.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 June 2024
The interstitial clips are sequences of near-naked or topless women caressing themselves to a soft-core soundtrack.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Susann Sills had posted a topless photo after making a bet in a political chatroom called Patrick.net.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2024
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Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
In another photo with the second look, the mother-to-be wore a beige layered chiffon robe, and the WNBA star was topless in a pair of jeans.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 June 2024
The interstitial clips are sequences of near-naked or topless women caressing themselves to a soft-core soundtrack.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
Susann Sills had posted a topless photo after making a bet in a political chatroom called Patrick.net.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 May 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 2 Jul. 2024.
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