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
  • Caring for the earlier hybrid tea roses required a great deal of work, including fertilizing, pruning, getting rid of pests and diseases, and preparing them for winter.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Trim new-wood types in late winter because pruning supports stronger, fuller blooms.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 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
  • Though consumers are advised to eat smaller fish or to trim away belly fat and dark meat to remove contaminants, blue catfish is increasingly popular table fare.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Edmunds recommends avoiding the base SE Standard Range trim because of its EPA range estimate of just 220 miles.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of trim
Verb
  • Soccer player and activist Megan Rapinoe is synonymous with her signature cropped pink hair.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Google says Auto frame can recompose a photo that is too tightly cropped or poorly framed.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of crop
Verb
  • The woolly fur on his backside is tightly clipped; at his head, the fur is combed into a topknot secured with a little pink bow.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Studio secretaries clipped their columns before the morning dailies reached the lot, marking any mention of the studio’s stars with red pencil.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 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
  • From 2019 to 2024, the Chinese hacking group MirrorFace conducted over 200 cyberattacks against Japanese defense, national security, and advanced technology targets.
    — Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
  • One was her personal phone, another was for government business, and the third had been hacked so many times that she wasn’t supposed to use it anymore.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of hack
Verb
  • Orion will rendezvous and dock with Starship, but there will be no ingress into the vehicle and hence no life support equipment.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The roughly two-week-long mission will aim to dock NASA's Orion capsule with SpaceX's Starship vehicle and/or Blue Origin's Blue Moon.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of dock

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“Lop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lop. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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