1. v. & n.
--v. (lopped, lopping)
1. tr. a (often foll. by off, away) cut or remove (a part or parts) from a whole, esp. branches from a tree. b remove branches from (a tree).
2 tr. (often foll. by off, away) remove (items) as superfluous.
3 intr. (foll. by at) make lopping strokes on (a tree etc.).
--n. parts lopped off, esp. branches and twigs of trees.
Phrases and idioms:
lop and top (or crop) the trimmings of a tree.
Derivatives:
lopper n.
Etymology: ME f. OE loppian (unrecorded): cf. obs. lip to prune 2. v. (lopped, lopping)
1. intr. & tr. hang limply.
2 intr. (foll. by about) slouch, dawdle; hang about.
3 intr. move with short bounds.
4 tr. (of an animal) let (the ears) hang.
Phrases and idioms:
lop-ears drooping ears. lop-eared (of an animal) having drooping ears.
Derivatives:
loppy adj.
Etymology: rel. to LOB