Lop
verb
To cut or remove something from the main part.
He used a saw to lop off the dead branches from the tree.
Often appears as...
- lop off
- lop down
verb
To drop down.
Her head lops to one side when she's tired.
Often appears as...
- lop to one side
- lop against
Usage tips
Neutral
Colloquial
verb
To decrease the level, extent, or amount of something.
They had to lop $1000 off the price to make it attractive to buyers.
Often appears as...
- lop from
- lop at
verb
To cut or remove something from the main part.
He used a saw to lop off the dead branches from the tree.
Often appears as...
- lop off
- lop down
verb
To drop down.
Her head lops to one side when she's tired.
Often appears as...
- lop to one side
- lop against
Usage tips
Neutral
Colloquial
verb
To decrease the level, extent, or amount of something.
They had to lop $1000 off the price to make it attractive to buyers.
Often appears as...
- lop from
- lop at
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Lop is used for the action of removing parts from something physical, like branches or hair.
The gardener lopped the overgrown bushes to shape.
Pro Tip 2/3Tool Use
When lopping something off, tools like saws, scissors or knives are commonly used.
She lopped off the split ends with scissors.
Pro Tip 3/3Precise Removal
Use lop to describe cutting something off with care, not haphazardly.
He carefully lopped the damaged parts from the sculpture.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Lop is used for the action of removing parts from something physical, like branches or hair.
The gardener lopped the overgrown bushes to shape.
Pro Tip 2/3Tool Use
When lopping something off, tools like saws, scissors or knives are commonly used.
She lopped off the split ends with scissors.
Pro Tip 3/3Precise Removal
Use lop to describe cutting something off with care, not haphazardly.
He carefully lopped the damaged parts from the sculpture.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Lop is used for the action of removing parts from something physical, like branches or hair.
The gardener lopped the overgrown bushes to shape.
Pro Tip 2/3Tool Use
When lopping something off, tools like saws, scissors or knives are commonly used.
She lopped off the split ends with scissors.
Pro Tip 3/3Precise Removal
Use lop to describe cutting something off with care, not haphazardly.
He carefully lopped the damaged parts from the sculpture.
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Video examples
Weaver Ant Chutney PIPE...
Yeah. And where are these ants? Right up there. That's what we were looking at. GORDON What? OK, she says that he is going to shimmy up that tree, lop that branch off, drop the ants down. Right. And fill it into a-- a.. GORDON Do we have a rope for him? This this-- is the ladder that he's going to use. GORDON Ladder?
Video examples
HIV and flu -- the...
specific piece of the H spike of flu that sparks the immune system if you lop this off and attach it to the tail of a different bacterium which creates a vigorous immune response they've created a very powerful flu fighter this vaccine is so small it can be grown in a common
Video examples
Luring in the Coconut...
island and with any luck we'll lure in the monster we're after these crabs come out at night to feed and they feed on coconuts their claws are so incredibly powerful that if you were to get your finger inside there they'd lop them right off if you don't
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Wade Davis: Into the...
Europeans had never been to so as they finally found their way to tingri their mission was not simply to find a route up the mountain but to explore all the country including the mystic realm of lop che homeland of milarepa the mystic
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Rory Stewart: Why...
from banqueting halls such as the one in which we stand, banqueting halls with extraordinary images on the ceiling of kings enthroned, the entire drama played out here on this space, where the King of England had his head lopped off,
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Seth Berkley: HIV and...
With a range of new technologies, we could. Here's an A company I'm engaged with has found a specific piece of the H spike of flu that sparks the immune system. If you lop this off and attach it to the tail of a different bacterium,
Video examples
Why is Mount Everest so...
and the quicker it carves the underlying rock. Glaciers can erode landscapes swifter than rain and rivers. Where glaciers cling to mountain peaks, they sand them down so fast, they lop the tops off like giant snowy buzzsaws.
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Lopburi Monkey Festival...
telephone cables they cause problems but the problems are overlooked and the people go out of their way to make sure the revered monkey stay healthy and well fed so if you visit lop buri be sure to
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The Monkey Festival PIPE...
telephone cables they cause problems but the problems are overlooked and the people go out of their way to make sure the revered monkey stay healthy and well fed so if you visit lop buri be sure to
Video examples
Lopburi Monkey Festival...
telephone cables they cause problems but the problems are overlooked and the people go out of their way to make sure the revered monkey stay healthy and well-fed so if you visit lop buri be
Video examples
Weaver Ant Chutney PIPE...
Yeah. And where are these ants? Right up there. That's what we were looking at. GORDON What? OK, she says that he is going to shimmy up that tree, lop that branch off, drop the ants down. Right. And fill it into a-- a.. GORDON Do we have a rope for him? This this-- is the ladder that he's going to use. GORDON Ladder?
Video examples
HIV and flu -- the...
specific piece of the H spike of flu that sparks the immune system if you lop this off and attach it to the tail of a different bacterium which creates a vigorous immune response they've created a very powerful flu fighter this vaccine is so small it can be grown in a common
Video examples
Luring in the Coconut...
island and with any luck we'll lure in the monster we're after these crabs come out at night to feed and they feed on coconuts their claws are so incredibly powerful that if you were to get your finger inside there they'd lop them right off if you don't
Video examples
Wade Davis: Into the...
Europeans had never been to so as they finally found their way to tingri their mission was not simply to find a route up the mountain but to explore all the country including the mystic realm of lop che homeland of milarepa the mystic
Video examples
Rory Stewart: Why...
from banqueting halls such as the one in which we stand, banqueting halls with extraordinary images on the ceiling of kings enthroned, the entire drama played out here on this space, where the King of England had his head lopped off,
Video examples
Seth Berkley: HIV and...
With a range of new technologies, we could. Here's an A company I'm engaged with has found a specific piece of the H spike of flu that sparks the immune system. If you lop this off and attach it to the tail of a different bacterium,
Video examples
Why is Mount Everest so...
and the quicker it carves the underlying rock. Glaciers can erode landscapes swifter than rain and rivers. Where glaciers cling to mountain peaks, they sand them down so fast, they lop the tops off like giant snowy buzzsaws.
Video examples
Lopburi Monkey Festival...
telephone cables they cause problems but the problems are overlooked and the people go out of their way to make sure the revered monkey stay healthy and well fed so if you visit lop buri be sure to
Video examples
The Monkey Festival PIPE...
telephone cables they cause problems but the problems are overlooked and the people go out of their way to make sure the revered monkey stay healthy and well fed so if you visit lop buri be sure to
Video examples
Lopburi Monkey Festival...
telephone cables they cause problems but the problems are overlooked and the people go out of their way to make sure the revered monkey stay healthy and well-fed so if you visit lop buri be
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Quote examples
Harlan Coben
American Author
What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
It is a fundamental rule with me not to vote for a loan or tax bill till I am satisfied it is necessary for the public service, and then not if the deficiency can be avoided by lopping off unnecessary objects of expenditure or the enforcement of an exact and judicious economy in the public disbursements.
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Joni Eareckson Tada
American Author
One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul.
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Edward Everett Hale
American Clergyman
It seems as if, for every dragon head that is lopped off, two more terrible appear. Seems so. But in truth, Life is gaining all the while. Brute force, such power as there seems to be in things, cannot stand against ideas which are eternal.
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Joe Murray
American Artist
Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.
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Jonathan Swift
Irish Writer
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
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Richard Linklater
American Director
I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most.
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Andrew Johnson
American President
If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.
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Edmund Phelps
American Economist
Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth.
Quote examples
Harlan Coben
American Author
What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
Quote examples
John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
It is a fundamental rule with me not to vote for a loan or tax bill till I am satisfied it is necessary for the public service, and then not if the deficiency can be avoided by lopping off unnecessary objects of expenditure or the enforcement of an exact and judicious economy in the public disbursements.
Quote examples
Joni Eareckson Tada
American Author
One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul.
Quote examples
Edward Everett Hale
American Clergyman
It seems as if, for every dragon head that is lopped off, two more terrible appear. Seems so. But in truth, Life is gaining all the while. Brute force, such power as there seems to be in things, cannot stand against ideas which are eternal.
Quote examples
Joe Murray
American Artist
Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.
Quote examples
Jonathan Swift
Irish Writer
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
Quote examples
Richard Linklater
American Director
I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most.
Quote examples
Andrew Johnson
American President
If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.
Quote examples
Edmund Phelps
American Economist
Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth.
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