Lop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /lɒp/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Lop is a verb meaning To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
Meaning
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
More Meanings
- To allow to hang down.
- That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
- (Geordie) A flea.
- (US, dated, slang) (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
- Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
- (transitive, 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.
Example Sentences
to lop the head
Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops.
Lice, That's nick name to the stuff called Lops
Why, we take, From every tree, lop, bark, and part o'the timber
Word Forms
- lops
- lopping
- lopped
- lopt
Synonyms for lop
Depending on context, synonyms include snead, trim, crop, clip, dress, snip.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snip, clip, trim, sever, cut back, dress.
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