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  • noun Plural form of lop.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lop.

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Examples

  • These muscles, weakened by disease because of tight clothing and corset steels, and also by cramped positions in school or at work, refuse to hold the body erect, and it "lops" just at this point.

    What a Young Woman Ought to Know Mary Wood-Allen 1874

  • Naritsugu isn't just a villain, but a sadist; he lops the limbs off innocent victims with great delight and an unshakable conviction that "punishment is a master's duty."

    'Five': A Series Wakes Up at the Wheel Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • My mouth is funny, I know that, and it lops down, and my teeth are bad.

    TOLD IN THE DROOLING WARD 2010

  • It may be an "illegal take" in the technical sense but it ain't remotely even close to the sort of person who jacks a deer at night or takes a trophy animal, lops off the antlers, and leaves the carcass to rot.

    Elderly Women Charged With Beating Fawn To Death 2009

  • This extreme is the flashpoint putting gasoline at $4 a gallon, reducing mileage driven, demand for trucks, SUV's, and lops off lush profit margins for auto makers.

    Oil! Oil! Boil And Bubble 2011

  • It may be an "illegal take" in the technical sense but it ain't remotely even close to the sort of person who jacks a deer at night or takes a trophy animal, lops off the antlers, and leaves the carcass to rot.

    Elderly Women Charged With Beating Fawn To Death 2009

  • I was sent to the back yard to get Grandpa for the phone and just when I walk up to tell him about the call he lops off the head of a rabbit.

    Rota-Tiller regina doman 2009

  • All this talk lately about lackluster teaching, insufficient test scores, and struggling kids slipping through the cracks of failing schools; yet the district goes and lops off a week's worth of school days.

    Brock Cohen: A Promise to the Students of an Uncool Teacher Brock Cohen 2010

  • Old Mutual Analytic lops off 1.8% of assets a year in fees and overhead.

    The Problem With Absolute Return Funds 2010

  • Old Mutual Analytic lops off 1.8% of assets a year in fees and overhead.

    The Problem With Absolute Return Funds 2010

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