different between earring vs tops

English

Etymology

From Middle English erering, from Old English ?arhring (“ear-ring”), equivalent to ear +? ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (“earring”), Dutch oorring (“earring”), German Ohrring (“earring”), Swedish örring (“earring”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??????/
• Rhymes: -?????
• Hyphenation: ear?ring

Noun

earring (plural earrings)

1. A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

Translations

See also

• earing

Anagrams

• Garnier, Granier, angrier, grainer, rangier, rearing

West Frisian

Etymology

From ear +? ring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????r??/

Noun

earring c (plural earringen, diminutive earrinkje)

1. earring

Further reading

• “earring”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?ps/
• (US) enPR: täps, IPA^(key): /t?ps/
• Rhymes: -?ps

Adverb

tops (not comparable)

1. (informal) At the very most; as a maximum.

   Your essay should be two pages, tops.

Translations

Adjective

tops (not comparable)

1. (slang, dated) Great; excellent.
   • 1938, Motion Picture Herald (volume 132, issues 7-13, page 61)

     This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.

   • 1958, Billboard (5 May 1958, page 139)

     Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.

Noun

tops

1. plural of top

Noun

tops

1. (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field

   Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

Verb

tops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of top

Anagrams

• OTPs, POST, POTS, PTOs, Post, Spot, TPOs, opts, post, post-, post., pots, spot, stop

Spanish

Noun

tops

1. plural of top