A top (also called spinning top or spintop) is a toy that can be spun on an axis, balancing on a point.
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Famous quotes containing the word top:
“The necessary has never been man’s top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, man’s greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“To be positive. To be mistaken at the top of one’s voice.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“You shouldn’t be looking at the bottom of the mountain. Why don’t you try looking at the top some time?”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)