lop

verb

Definition of lopnext
as in to prune

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Recent Examples of lop Trump did not spell out the word in full in his post, instead opting to lop off the final G. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026 In fact, a short extension might feel tempting because of the quality of play and the potential to lop $10 million or more off the 2026 cap. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026 But the measure would lop off miles of farmland near Fresno in exchange for an arm reaching into Stockton to capture more Democratic voters. — Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025 And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lop
  1. prune
  2. pare
  3. trim
  4. crop
  5. clip
  6. cut back
  7. hack
  8. dock
Verb
  • Informal ones have looser requirements and can be pruned once or twice a year with selective thinning and trimming by hand.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Delay hydrangea pruning because cutting at the wrong time can eliminate next season’s blooms.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of prune
Verb
  • Keeping essentials pared down helps when carrying a small park bag.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Shares were last down under 2%, paring losses after declining more than 6% in early trading Wednesday.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pare
Verb
  • Arenberg Seltzer emphasized that the council aims to maintain after-school care programs and could look at trimming specific components, such as field trips or job exploration.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The active suspension constantly trims the car’s aerodynamic pitch while the GitiSport e·GTR 2 PRO semi-slick tires are engineered to survive centrifugal forces that would shred ordinary rubber.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of trim
Verb
  • New to Quince, these cropped wide-leg pants feature wrinkle-free, ultra-stretchy ponte fabric for all-day comfort.
    — Kaitlin Gates, InStyle, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The software does a decent job of automatically recognizing the edges of the paper, cropping or tilting pages when necessary, and flattening the curves characteristic of facing pages in bound books.
    — David English, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of crop
Verb
  • Today, professional and amateur teams across the country, including in the Sierra Nevada, saddle up and clip into their skis to take on the skijoring challenge.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • And they get clipped and remixed and reshared in all sorts of ways.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of clip
Verb
  • The latest cash injection from Aramco will help fuel investment plans at a time when many of the PIF’s ambitions are being cut back, there’s a greater focus on getting funding from other investors, and returns are falling.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Texas and other states have cut back on the number and location of polling places, especially in areas favoring Democrats.
    — Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of cut back
Verb
  • Prosecutors say De La Rosa hacked at their passengers with the machete, igniting the panic that flipped the boat.
    — Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The company overseeing construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel, which will connect Austria and Italy, also said over the weekend that it had been hacked last month.
    — Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of hack
Verb
  • The proposal, known as Drone as First Responder (DFR), would place six drones in docking stations on rooftops at three locations across the city.
    — Da Lin, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The next year, a follow-up mission will involve the concurrent launch of two Long March 10s, one with an uncrewed Mengzhou spacecraft and the other with a Lanyue lander that will dock together in lunar orbit.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of dock

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“Lop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lop. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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