- top and tail
- to clean up a babyNursery usage, with imagery from preparing gooseberries or root crops for cooking. The baby may have vomited as well as defecated.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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top and tail — 1. To wash (a baby s) face and buttocks 2. To prepare (fruit or vegetables, eg carrots) by removing the top and bottom parts • • • Main Entry: ↑top * * * top and tail british phrase to prepare a vegetable for eating or cooking by cutting the ends … Useful english dictionary
top and tail — ► top and tail Brit. remove the top and bottom of (a fruit or vegetable) while preparing it as food. Main Entry: ↑top … English terms dictionary
Top and tail — A top and tail railway train is a has locomotives at both ends, for ease of changing direction. This is a UK term. It is normal for only the leading loco to power the train when in top and tail mode, cf push pull operation with both locos… … Wikipedia
top and tail — British to prepare a vegetable for eating or cooking by cutting the ends off it Could you top and tail the beans for me? … English dictionary
top and tail something — ˌtop and ˈtail sth idiom (BrE) to cut the top and bottom parts off fruit and vegetables to prepare them to be cooked or eaten Main entry: ↑topidiom … Useful english dictionary
top and tail — Brit. 1》 remove the top and bottom of (a fruit or vegetable) while preparing it as food. 2》 wash the face and bottom of (a baby or small child). → top … English new terms dictionary
top — Ⅰ. top [1] ► NOUN 1) the highest or uppermost point, part, or surface. 2) a thing placed on, fitted to, or covering the upper part of something. 3) (the top) the highest or most important rank, level, or position. 4) the utmost degree: she… … English terms dictionary
tail — [[t]te͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦♦ tails, tailing, tailed 1) N COUNT The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body. The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies. ...a black dog with a long tail. Derived words … English dictionary
top — top1 W2S1 [tɔp US ta:p] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(highest part)¦ 2¦(upper surface)¦ 3¦(best position)¦ 4¦(cover)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6 be (at the) top of the list/agenda 7 on top 8 on top of something 9 one on top of the other … Dictionary of contemporary English
top — I. /tɒp / (say top) noun 1. the highest point or part of anything; the apex; the summit. 2. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything. 3. the higher end of anything on a slope. 4. a part considered as higher: the top of a street. 5 …
