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lop⋅per

1  [lop-er]
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–noun
a person or thing that lops.
Origin:
1530–40; lop 1 + -er 1
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lop⋅per

2  [lop-er]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object) Scot. and North Central U.S..
(esp. of milk) to curdle or coagulate.
Origin:
1300–50; ME loperen, equiv. to lop- (< ON hlaup coagulation) + -er -er 6 + -en inf. suffix

lop

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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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