Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Extending to or above the ankle.
- noun A high-top shoe, especially a sneaker or athletic shoe that laces up to the ankle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The masthead of a ship.
- noun A kind of sweet apple.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A ship's masthead.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
sports shoe that extends significantly over thewearer 'sankle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers
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Examples
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In the late 1980s, Michael Berrin of Far Rockaway, Queens, grabbed the mic and the stage name MC Serch, styled his kinky hair into a “high-top fade,” busted MC Hammer–type dance moves, and became one of the leading rappers of his time.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The Los Angeles-based footwear brand Creative Recreation makes a shoe that, with a little unzipping and unlacing, goes from high-top to low-top.
Action Figures Darrell Hartman 2011
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He pulls her up on stage and sits her down in a high-top stool so he can sing to her, One Less Lonely Girl, and the girl is shakin' in her flip-flops.
Ginger Emas: What Justin Bieber Can Teach Women About Love This Valentine's Day Ginger Emas 2011
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He is dressed, I notice, in the kind of outfit I've seen older boys wear, collared shirt tucked into board shorts, high-top trainers with wide, thick soles.
Some Will Leave Sally Houtman 2012
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He pulls her up on stage and sits her down in a high-top stool so he can sing to her, One Less Lonely Girl, and the girl is shakin' in her flip-flops.
Ginger Emas: What Justin Bieber Can Teach Women About Love This Valentine's Day Ginger Emas 2011
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I was bending over to get my L.L. Bean high-top hunting shoes — which I use to track wayward clients through snowy forests primeval — when a shiny metallic object caught my eye.
Our Terror Closet Con Chapman 2010
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They may be regular newspaper readers, but chances are they high-top it from one newspaper to another, which is one of the gloriously liberating things about online.
Jarvis Coffin: So Far, Newspaper Pay Walls are a Nonevent Jarvis Coffin 2011
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He pulls her up on stage and sits her down in a high-top stool so he can sing "One Less Lonely Girl" to her, and the girl is shakin' in her flip-flops.
Ginger Emas: What Justin Bieber Showed Me About Love and "One Less Lonely Girl" Ginger Emas 2011
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They may be regular newspaper readers, but chances are they high-top it from one newspaper to another, which is one of the gloriously liberating things about online.
Jarvis Coffin: So Far, Newspaper Pay Walls are a Nonevent Jarvis Coffin 2011
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He pulls her up on stage and sits her down in a high-top stool so he can sing "One Less Lonely Girl" to her, and the girl is shakin' in her flip-flops.
Ginger Emas: What Justin Bieber Showed Me About Love and "One Less Lonely Girl" Ginger Emas 2011
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