Top 40 Music Chart

–noun

1.	the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit.

2.	the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything.

3.	the higher end of anything on a slope.

4.	British. a. a part considered as higher: the top of the street. b. high gear of an automobile.

5.	tops, a. the part of a plant that grows above ground, esp. of an edible root. b. one of the tender tips of the branches or shoots of plants.

6.	the part of anything that is first or foremost; beginning: Let's go over it from the top again.

< bba td>the highest or leading place, position, rank, etc.: at the top of the class.

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8.	the highest point, pitch, or degree: to talk at the top of one's voice.

9.	a person or thing that occupies the highest or leading position.

10.	the best or choicest part: the top of all creation.

11.	a covering or lid, as of a container or vehicle.

12.

the head.

13.	any of various outer garments for the upper body, as a blouse, shirt, or sweater: a sale on cotton tops and shorts.

14.	Nautical. a platform surrounding the head of a lower mast on a ship, and serving as a foothold, a means of extending the upper rigging, etc.

15.	Chemistry. the part of a mixture under distillation that volatilizes first.

16.	Bridge. a. the best card of a suit in a player's hand. b. (in duplicate bridge) the best score on a hand.

17.	Sports. a. a stroke that hits the ball above its center. b. the forward spin given to the ball by such a stroke.

18.	Baseball. a. the first half of an inning. b. the first three batters in the batting order.

19.	Textiles. a. a cluster of textile fibers, esp. tow, put on a distaff. b. a strand of the long wool fibers in sliver form, separated from noil by combing and wound into a large ball. c. a similar strand of rayon.

20.	Jewelry. crown (def. 27).

21.	the tops, Informal. the most outstanding person or thing in ability, favor, etc.: As a friend, she's the tops.

–adjective

22.	pertaining to, situated at, or forming the top; highest; uppermost; upper: the top shelf.

23.	highest in degree; greatest: to pay top prices.

24.	foremost, chief, or principal: to win top honors in a competition.

–verb (used with object)

25.	to furnish with a top; put a top on.

26.	to be at or constitute the top of.

27.	to reach the top of.

28.	to rise above: The sun had topped the horizon.

29.	to exceed in height, amount, number, etc.

30.	to surpass, excel, or outdo: That tops everything.

31.	Theater. (in spoken dialogue) to reply in a voice of greater volume or higher pitch: King Henry must top the c 8ac rowd noises in his St. Crispin's Day speech.

32.	to surmount with something specified: to top a sundae with whipped cream.

33.	to remove the top of; crop; prune: to top a tall tree.

34.	to get or leap over the top of (a fence, barrier, etc.).

35.	Chemistry. to distill off only the most volatile part of (a mixture).

36.	Sports. a. to strike (the ball) above its center, giving it a forward spin. b. to make (a stroke) by hitting the ball in this manner.

37.	to top-dress (land).

38.	Obsolete. to have coitus with (a woman).

–verb (used without object)

39.	to rise aloft.

—Verb phrases

40.	top off, a. to climax or complete, esp. in an exceptional manner; finish: They topped off the evening with a ferryboat ride at midnight. b. to fill (a partly full container) completely: to top off a gas tank. 7

41.	top out, a. to finish the top of (a structure). b. to reach the highest level.

—Idioms

42.	blow one's top, Informal. a. to become enraged; lose one's temper. b. to go mad; become insane: He must have blown his top to make such a fool of himself.

43.	off the top of one's head, Informal. head (def. 77).

44.	on top, successful; victorious; dominant: to stay on top.

45.	on top of, a. over or upon. b. in addition to; over and above. c. close upon; following upon: Gale winds came on top of the floods. d. in complete control: on top of the problem.

46.	on top of the world, a. successful. b. elated: The success made her feel on top of the world.

47.	over the top, a. Military. over the top of the parapet before a trench, as in issuing to charge against the enemy. b. surpassing a goal, quota, or limit.

48.	top oneself, Chiefly British. to kill oneself.

–noun

1.	an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.

2.	the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.

3.	musical work or compositions for singing or playing.

4.	the written or printed score of a musical composition.

5.	such scores collectively.

6.	any sweet, pleasing, or harmonious sounds or sound: the music of the waves.

7.	appreciation of or responsiveness to musical sounds or harmonies: Music was in his very soul.

8.	Fox Hunting. the cry of the hounds.

—Idiom

9.	face the music, to meet, take, or accept the consequences of one's mistakes, actions, etc.: He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music.

–noun

1.	a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.

2.	a graphic representation, as by curves, of a dependent variable, as temperature, price, etc.; graph.

3.	a map, esp. a hydrographic or marine map.

4.	an outline map showing special conditions or facts: a weather chart.

5.	Astrology. horoscope (def. 1).

6.	Jazz. a musical arrangement.

7.	the charts, ratings of the popularity of popular-music records, usually based on nationwide sales for a given week: Their album is number three on the charts this week.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to make a chart of.

9.	to plan: to chart a course of action.

10.	Informal. to rank in the charts: The new song gets charted number four this week.