topper

1. Something that is on top.

   a worker who makes or adds the top to something

2. A top hat.

3. Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.

   In his latest standup set, his topper is a callback to the dog bowl story.

4. (US)A short outer jacket worn by women or children.

5. A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress.

6. (India)The student who achieves the highest score in an examination.

7. (colloquial)The head or chief of an organization.

8. A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.

   a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)

9. One who tops steel ingots.

   the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others

10. A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.

11. A three-square float, or file, used by comb-makers.

12. (dated, slang)Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; so called from being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl.

1. They marveled at the intricate cake topper.

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2. Robert was terrorizing the school topper and made him do his homework.

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