Meanings
plural high-tops · alternative hightop · alternative high top · alternative informal hi-top
- A kind of sports shoe that extends significantly over the wearer's ankle.
When not clad in standard issue dress shoes, Turner wears a mean pair of hightops.
1990 April 14, Elizabeth Pincus, “Hot Blue Steel”, in Gay Community News, page 162 more examples
Got your tongue pierced anyway / You in your high-tops any day / You in your skinny jeans anyway
2012, “Sex”, performed by The 1975His canvas high-tops were still perfectly folded over, and the white rubber toe was still white.
2020, Diane Cook, The New Wilderness, Oneworld Publications, page 263 - A faded hairstyle in which the hair is allowed to grow tall above the fade.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
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