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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/lɒp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/lɑp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lop)

Inflections of 'lop' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

lops: v 3rd person singular

lopping: v pres p

lopped: v past

lopped: v past p

lop¹ /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.

lop¹ (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.

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

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