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Added 9 October 2026

lop

/lɒp/ symbol

In Latin: putō Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Lopa.

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.
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
To allow to hang down.
to lop the head

noun

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

noun

A disabled person, a cripple.
Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.

Origin

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

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