The expression top dog is an idiomatic for the boss or the leader. In a competition, it is also the favorite or the one expected to win, and the opposite of the underdog. It may be a shorthand reference for a dominance hierarchy.
The name Top Dog may refer to:
- Top Dog (comics), a character from The Secret Life of Top Dog series by Star Comics (a Marvel Comics imprint)
- Top Dog (film), a 1995 action film with Chuck Norris
- Top Dog (rapper), member of the hip hop group O.G.C.
- Top Dog, another name for the card game Big Two
- Top Dawg Entertainment, independent record label
Famous quotes containing the words top and/or dog:
“We have to have wars now and then just to prove we’re top dog.”
—Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935)
“The dog is mentioned in the Bible eighteen times—the cat not even once.”
—W.E. Farbstein. Quoted in “Hundkeit,” Mondo Canine, ed. Jon Winokur, Dutton (1991)