English Explanatory Dictionary

lop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.
  2. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
  3. To allow to hang down.
noun
  1. That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
noun
  1. A flea.
noun
  1. (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
  2. Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
name
  1. A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
  2. A town in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Pronunciation

/lɒp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-lop.wav /lɑp/ /lɔp/ En-au-lop.ogg lōp /loʊp/ en-us-lope.ogg

Word forms

lop lops lopping lopped lopt Lob

Etymology

From Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the noun.

Synonyms

snead Luopu Lo-p'u Lohpu

Related words

defalcate lobster lob lop chong

Derived words

alop lop down lop-eared lop off lopper loppers loppy lopseed unlopped fit as a lop
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