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lop

UK/loʊp/ US/lɔp/ rare dated slang us

verb

1.

cut off from a whole

  • “His head was severed from his body”
  • “The soul discerped from the body”
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2.

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

  • “dress the plants in the garden”
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Origin

From Middle English loppe (“flea, spider”), from Old English loppe (“spider, silk-worm, flea”), from Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea", originally, "jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”). Compare also Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to raise”, obsolete also “to rise”).

Phrases

  • lop chong
  • lop down
  • lop off

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