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lopping
(encz) | lopping, |
Lopping
(gcide) | Lop \Lop\ (l[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lopped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Lopping.] [Prov. G. luppen, lubben, to cut, geld, or OD.
luppen, D. lubben.]
1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to
shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or
remove, as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its
branches. "With branches lopped, in wood or mountain
felled." --Milton.
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Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts.
--Pope.
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2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a
hedge.
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Lopping
(gcide) | Lopping \Lop"ping\, n.
A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off;
leavings.
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The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood.
--Burke.
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flopping
(encz) | flopping, |
lopping
(encz) | lopping, |
plopping
(encz) | plopping, |
slopping
(encz) | slopping, |
Flopping
(gcide) | Flop \Flop\ (fl[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped (fl[o^]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] [A variant of flap.]
1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail,
etc.; to flap.
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2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.]
--Fielding.
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Plopping
(gcide) | Plop \Plop\ (pl[o^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plopped (pl[o^]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Plopping.] [Imitative.]
1. To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or
slap, as on the surface of water.
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The body plopped up, turning on its side. --Kipling.
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Slopping
(gcide) | Slop \Slop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slopped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slopping.]
1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the
vessel containing it; to spill.
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2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
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clopping
(wn) | clopping
n 1: the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
[syn: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping,
clunking, clumping] |
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