Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lop

/lɔp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: lop
IPA: /lɔp/

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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.

Transitive verb

verb

To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.

verb

To allow to hang down.

noun

That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.

noun

noun

(usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.

American usage; Dated; Slang

noun

Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.

name

A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Example Sentences

"Some, for hard masters, broken under arms, In battle lopt away, with half their limbs, Beg bitter bread thro’ realms their valour sav’d,"
"to lop the head"
"Why, we take, From every tree, lop, bark, and part o'the timber"
"I ſhall not trouble you about the raiſing of them of Truncheons or Lops, because I could never find them to take; only ſometimes ſome of the ſmallest Suckers, when the Sap is newly ſtirring in them, if they are ſlipt off from the Tree, will grow"
"Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops."
"Lice, That's nick name to the stuff called Lops"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: loppe, *luppǭ, *luppijaną, لوپ

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /lɔp/
British English: /lɒp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

lops (present, singular) lopping (participle, present) lopped (participle, past) lopped (past) lopt (participle, past) lopt (past) lops (plural) Lob (alternative)

Derived Forms

alop lopper loppers loppy lopseed unlopped

Phrases

lop down lop-eared lop off fit as a lop lop chong

Frequently Paired Words

defalcate lobster lob lop chong

Synonyms

snead Luopu Lo-p'u Lohpu snip clip crop trim dress prune cut back

Homonyms

lope

Rhymes With

top stop non-stop drop shop pop op hop cop crop swap chop

Questions

How do you pronounce lop?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɔp/.
What does lop mean?: 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.
Where does lop come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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