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lops

lops is the plural of lop.

lops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lop.

Meaning of lop

Noun (1)

lop (plural lops)

  1. That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
    • Why, we take,
      From every tree, lop, bark, and part o'the timber1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...

Noun (2)

lop (plural lops)

  1. (Geordie) A flea.
    • Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops.

Noun (3)

lop (plural lops)

  1. (US, dated, slang) (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
    • "He's a lop; it mentions here about his getting up to the stand with his crippled leg but it doesn't say which one."1935, Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men, page 5
  2. Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.

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Phrases with lops

Questions about lops

What is lops the plural of?
Lops is the plural of lop.

Words near lops in the dictionary

  1. loprazolam
  2. Lopresti
  3. Loprestis
  4. Lopresto
  5. Loprestos
  6. lops
  7. lops off
  8. lopseed
  9. lopseeds
  10. Lopshire
  11. lopsided

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