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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lop1 /lɑp/USA pronunciation v., lopped, lop•ping. - Surgeryto cut off (a limb or part) from something: [~ + object + off]lopped the villain's head off.[~ + off + object]lopped off a few branches.
- to eliminate as unnecessary: [~ + off + object]We had to lop off pages of the report.[~ + object + off]We had to lop them off.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lop1 (lop),USA pronunciation v., lopped, lop•ping, n. v.t. - Botanyto cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant.
- Surgeryto cut off (a limb, part, or the like) from a person, animal, etc.
- Botanyto cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant).
- to eliminate as unnecessary or excessive:We had to lop off whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee.
- [Archaic.]to cut off the head, limbs, etc., of (a person).
v.i. - Botanyto cut off branches, twigs, etc., as of a tree.
- to remove parts by or as by cutting.
n. - parts or a part lopped off.
- Botany(of trees) the smaller branches and twigs not useful as timber.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English loppe part or parts cut off; perh. akin to Old English loppe spider (see lop2, lobster
lop2 (lop),USA pronunciation v., lopped, lop•ping, adj. v.i. - to hang loosely or limply;
droop. - to sway, move, or go in a drooping or heavy, awkward way.
- to move in short, quick leaps:a rabbit lopping through the garden.
v.t. - to let hang or droop:He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
adj. - hanging down limply or droopingly:lop ears.
- 1570–80; verb, verbal use of obsolete lop spider or lop dangling part of a tree (see lop1); literally, to behave like a lop, i.e., to dangle, hang loosely. See lob1
LOP, [Navig.]- Nautical, Naval TermsSee line of position.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lop /lɒp/ vb (lops, lopping, lopped)(transitive) usually followed by off: - to sever (parts) from a tree, body, etc, esp with swift strokes
- to cut out or eliminate from as excessive
n - a part or parts lopped off, as from a tree
Etymology: 15th Century loppe branches cut off; compare lob1ˈlopper n lop /lɒp/ vb (lops, lopping, lopped)- to hang or allow to hang loosely
- (intransitive) to slouch about or move awkwardly
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a less common word for lope Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps related to lop1; compare lob1 lop /lɒp/ n - Northern English dialect a flea
Etymology: probably from Old Norse hloppa (unattested) flea, from hlaupa to leap |