Usually means: Highest quality, best available option.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word top-shelf:

General (7 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: Wiktionary

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

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▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of top shelf [(US, idiomatic) Best, or high quality.]

Similar:
top-drawer, top hole, over-the-top, rolltop, topheavy, best-off, crack-a-jack, abovestairs, razor sharp, grass-tops, more...

Opposite:
bottom-shelf, low-end, budget, economy

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Similar:
top-drawer, top hole, over-the-top, rolltop, topheavy, best-off, crack-a-jack, abovestairs, razor sharp, grass-tops, more...

Opposite:
bottom-shelf, low-end, budget, economy



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