Anagrams of: TOPBRASS

• an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

• the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

• (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

• a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances

• someone who engages in sports

• (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

• verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

• wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

• play boisterously

• only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

• a person authorized to conduct religious worship

• the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed

• terminate before completion

• cease development, die, and be aborted

• terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

• speaking of yourself in superlatives

• show off

• wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

• an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

• the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

• dance the bebop

• hit hard

• an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

• hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it

• a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag

• whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging

• tie with a strap

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• sharpen with a strap

• secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

• a small loaf or roll of soft bread

• a shoe carved from a single block of wood

• footwear usually with wooden soles