1
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—
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Christopher MarloweExamples of topless in a Sentence
She likes to go topless on the beach.
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The club, a North Beach landmark known as the nation’s first topless bar, had been Calcagni’s professional home for years.
—Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
That the topless king was pictured beside his married lover, Wallis Simpson, only added to the growing scandal.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
The bronze statue, commissioned by the owner of baby products brand Frida and sculpted by Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark, depicts a topless woman, holding her baby in one arm, while the other rests on her hip.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Ratajkowski appeared topless in the music video, which sparked controversy at the time.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
That the topless king was pictured beside his married lover, Wallis Simpson, only added to the growing scandal.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
The bronze statue, commissioned by the owner of baby products brand Frida and sculpted by Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark, depicts a topless woman, holding her baby in one arm, while the other rests on her hip.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
Ratajkowski appeared topless in the music video, which sparked controversy at the time.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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 1 Nov. 2025.
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