topkick

topkick

English

Noun

topkick (plural topkicks)

1. (military, slang, dated) A sergeant.
2. (slang) A bigwig or leader.
   • 1959, August 31, Billboard (page 24)

     Local a.&r. men, Chet Atkins (Victor) and Owen Bradley (Decca), topkicks of the RCA Victor and Bradley studios, respectively, have had heavy session schedules of their own, […]

   • 2002, Hugh O'Neill, Golffirmations (page 170)

     Presidential Golf
     Lots of our topkicks have loved the game: Harding, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Bush, Clinton, and Bush the Younger.