tip-top

Like a well rehearsed play, we have our routine: We arrive early, take seats at the bar, and enjoy what we have come to call an “Oriental-pour,” a glass of wine filled to the absolute tip-top.

"If you're not performing at tip-top shape at all times, people are going to say that it's because of your diet."

And while these seminal portraits are certainly mesmerizing, they also confirm that the space observatory's instruments are working in tip-top shape.

“Make sure your credit is in tip-top shape, shop around for financing and have an offer in your back pocket before you go to the dealership,” said Bankrate’s McBride.

He inched himself on his bottom, like a shy crab, toward the tip-top of the slope, to the highest spot, where he sat, washed in sunlight, surveying the kingdom that was Snowberger’s.