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1  [lop] verb, lopped, lop⋅ping, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant.
2. to cut off (a limb, part, or the like) from a person, animal, etc.
3. to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant).
4. to eliminate as unnecessary or excessive: We had to lop off whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee.
5. Archaic. to cut off the head, limbs, etc., of (a person).
–verb (used without object)
6. to cut off branches, twigs, etc., as of a tree.
7. to remove parts by or as by cutting.
–noun
8. parts or a part lopped off.
9. (of trees) the smaller branches and twigs not useful as timber.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME loppe part or parts cut off; perh. akin to OE loppe spider (see lop 2 , lobster
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2  [lop] verb, lopped, lop⋅ping, adjective
–verb (used without object)
1. to hang loosely or limply; droop.
2. to sway, move, or go in a drooping or heavy, awkward way.
3. to move in short, quick leaps: a rabbit lopping through the garden.
–verb (used with object)
4. to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
–adjective
5. hanging down limply or droopingly: lop ears.
Origin:
1570–80; v. use of obs. lop spider or lop dangling part of a tree (see lop 1 ); lit., to behave like a lop, i.e., to dangle, hang loosely. See lob 1
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lop 1   (lŏp)   
tr.v.   lopped, lop·ping, lops

  1. To cut off (a part), especially from a tree or shrub: lopped off the dead branches.

  2. To cut off a part or parts from; trim: lopped the vines back; lopped her curls shorter.

  3. To eliminate or excise as superfluous: lopped him from the payroll.


[Perhaps from Middle English loppe, small branches and twigs.]
lop'per n.
lop 2   (lŏp)   
intr. & tr.v.   lopped, lop·ping, lops
To hang or let hang loosely; droop.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

lop  (1)
"cut off," 1519, from M.E. loppe (n.) "small branches and twigs trimmed from trees" (c.1420), of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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