black top
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of blacktop.
noun
A middle-market tabloid; a tabloid newspaper aimed at the middle class, perceived as having intermediate journalistic standards between a broadsheet and a red top.
British usage
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, top.
verb
Alternative form of blacktop.
Example Sentences
- "One day the county put the word out that they was going to put down black top on the rock roads."
- "Maybe they will pass a bill requiring an investigation into just how much black top and concrete is used in the transportation system."
- "Rolling down the black top little white broken lines swiftly passing my face, I look like I'm going through a time warp slicing through the darkness of space."
- "Tabloid-style journalism exists in many societies, but the various elements that co-exist in a red-top or black-top are found on separate platforms in other countries."
- "We won't black top your property for you because this is your own property, but we will loan you the money interest free if you will black top your driveway, providing you will give us another lease on that other 50 feet of land that you bought free."
- "The State will black top the road and stabilize the shoulders before returning it to the town."
Etymology
British middle-market newspapers, such as the Daily Mail and Daily Express, typically present their titles in bold black letters.
Usage
- British usage