lop

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verb (used with object),lopped, lop·ping.
  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.

  1. to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant).

  2. to eliminate as unnecessary or excessive: We had to lop off whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee.

  3. Archaic. to cut off the head, limbs, etc., of (a person).

verb (used without object),lopped, lop·ping.
  1. to cut off branches, twigs, etc., as of a tree.

  2. to remove parts by or as by cutting.

noun
  1. parts or a part lopped off.

  2. (of trees) the smaller branches and twigs not useful as timber.

Origin of lop

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First recorded in 1350–1400; late Middle English loppe “cut off twigs or branches”; further origin uncertain; perhaps akin to Old English loppe “spider”; see lop2, lobster

Other definitions for lop (2 of 3)

lop2
[ lop ]

verb (used without object),lopped, lop·ping.
  1. to hang loosely or limply; droop.

  2. to sway, move, or go in a drooping or heavy, awkward way.

  1. to move in short, quick leaps: a rabbit lopping through the garden.

verb (used with object),lopped, lop·ping.
  1. to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.

adjective
  1. hanging down limply or droopingly: lop ears.

Origin of lop

2
First recorded in 1570–80; verb use of obsolete noun lop “spider” or lop “drooping part of a tree,” that is, “to behave like a lop, to dangle, hang loosely”; see lop1, lob1

Other definitions for LOP (3 of 3)

LOP

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British Dictionary definitions for lop (1 of 3)

lop1

/ (lɒp) /


verblops, lopping or lopped (tr usually foll by off)
  1. to sever (parts) from a tree, body, etc, esp with swift strokes

  2. to cut out or eliminate from as excessive

noun
  1. a part or parts lopped off, as from a tree

Origin of lop

1
C15 loppe branches cut off; compare lob 1

Derived forms of lop

  • lopper, noun

British Dictionary definitions for lop (2 of 3)

lop2

/ (lɒp) /


verblops, lopping or lopped
  1. to hang or allow to hang loosely

  2. (intr) to slouch about or move awkwardly

  1. (intr) a less common word for lope

Origin of lop

2
C16: perhaps related to lop 1; compare lob 1

British Dictionary definitions for lop (3 of 3)

lop3

/ (lɒp) /


noun
  1. Northern English dialect a flea

Origin of lop

3
probably from Old Norse hloppa (unattested) flea, from hlaupa to leap

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