Usually means: Highest quality, best available option.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word top shelf:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. top-shelf: Merriam-Webster
  2. top-shelf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. top-shelf, top-shelf: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Top-Shelf, top-shelf: Wordnik
  5. top-shelf, top shelf: Wiktionary
  6. Top shelf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. top shelf: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Top-Shelf: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (top shelf)

adjective:  (US, idiomatic) Best, or high quality.
adjective:  (British, idiomatic) Describing books, magazines, or movies that have adult content or softcore pornography.
noun:  (Canada, ice hockey) The upper part of the goal.

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