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Definitions for Lopping

[1] to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant.
[2] to cut off (a limb, part, or the like) from a person, animal, etc.
[3] to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant).
[4] to eliminate as unnecessary or excessive: We had to lop off whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee.
[5] Archaic . to cut off the head, limbs, etc., of (a person).
[6] to cut off branches, twigs, etc., as of a tree.
[7] to remove parts by or as by cutting.
[8] parts or a part lopped off.
[9] (of trees) the smaller branches and twigs not useful as timber.
[10] to hang loosely or limply; droop.
[11] to sway, move, or go in a drooping or heavy, awkward way.
[12] to move in short, quick leaps: a rabbit lopping through the garden.
[13] to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
[14] hanging down limply or droopingly: lop ears.
[15] to sever (parts) from a tree, body, etc, esp with swift strokes
[16] to cut out or eliminate from as excessive
[17] a part or parts lopped off, as from a tree
[18] to hang or allow to hang loosely
[19] (intr) to slouch about or move awkwardly
[20] (intr) a less common word for lope
[21] Northern English dialect a flea

Words related to Lopping

lopshear, chop, pare, cut, prune, truncate, mow, crop, snip, clip

Words nearby Lopping

loploosey-goosey, loosie, loosies, loosing, loot, lop, lop nur, lop-eared, lopatnikov, lope, lope de vega

Origin of Lopping

21570–80; v. 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

Word origin for Lopping

robably from Old Norse hloppa (unattested) flea, from hlaupa to leap

Synonyms for Lopping

shear, chop, clip, crop, cut, mow, pare, prune, snip, truncate, cut back, cut down, pare down