1
a
: wearing no clothing on the upper body
b
: featuring topless waitresses or entertainers
topless bars
c
: being a place where topless women are permitted
a topless beach
2
: being without a top
3
archaic
: so high as to reach up beyond sight
and burnt the topless towers of Ilium—
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher MarloweExamples of topless in a Sentence
She likes to go topless on the beach.
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As a failing actress pushed into doing a topless scene for a movie, Kidman wears a choppy, lifeless brunette wig that is awful to look at for longer than five seconds at a time.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Reddit u/gucci-milk The next, a topless Bremer with fake tattoos on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Some of her paintings begin as digital collages sourced from vintage Black magazines; this calendar’s smiling, topless cover model had accessorized her lingerie with a bandolier of bullets, as though in preparation for the revolution.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The Goop founder slipped off her shirt and cooked a meal while topless in a video posted on Instagram.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2025
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Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025
Reddit u/gucci-milk The next, a topless Bremer with fake tattoos on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Some of her paintings begin as digital collages sourced from vintage Black magazines; this calendar’s smiling, topless cover model had accessorized her lingerie with a bandolier of bullets, as though in preparation for the revolution.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The Goop founder slipped off her shirt and cooked a meal while topless in a video posted on Instagram.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2025
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“Topless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topless. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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