lop

lop

transitive verb

lopped, lop′ping

to trim (a tree, etc.) by cutting off branches, twigs, or stems
to remove by or as by cutting off: usually with off

Origin of lop

Middle English loppen from Old English loppian, probably from Scandinavian (as in Norwegian loppa) from Indo-European an unverified form leub-, to peel off, break off, variant, variety of base an unverified form leubh- from source leaf

something lopped off

intransitive verb

lopped, lop′ping

to hang down loosely
to move in a halting way

Origin of lop

probably akin to lob

hanging down loosely

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lop

transitive verb

lopped, lop·ping, lops

To cut off (a part), especially from a tree or shrub: lopped off the dead branches.
To cut off a part or parts from; trim: lopped the vines back; lopped her curls shorter.
To eliminate or excise as superfluous: lopped him from the payroll.

Origin of lop

Perhaps from Middle English loppe small branches and twigs

Related Forms:

lop′per
noun

intr. & tr.v.

lopped, lop·ping, lops

To hang or let hang loosely; droop.

Origin of lop

Origin unknown

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Noun

(plural lops)

(Geordie) A flea.
Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops

Origin

From Middle English loppe (“flea, spider"), from Old English loppe (“spider, silk-worm, flea"), from Proto-Germanic *luppÇ (“flea, sandflea", originally, "jumper"), from Proto-Germanic *luppijanÄ… (“to jump, dart"). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea"), Swedish loppa (“flea"), Middle High German lÃ¼pfen, lupfen (“to release and raise aloft, move quickly").

Verb

(third-person singular simple present lops, present participle lopping, simple past and past participle lopped)

(usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
To allow to hang down.
to lop the head

Noun

(plural lops)

That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.

Origin

From Middle English loppe.

Noun

(plural lops)

(US, slang) (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.

Origin

Back-formation from lopsided.

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