lopping

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UK/ˈlɒpɪŋ/US/ˈlɑpɪŋ/

noun

That which is cut off; leavings.

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Meanings

nounlopping (plural loppings)

plural loppings

  1. gerundgerund of lop: the cutting off of branches, etc.
  2. That which is cut off; leavings.
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    […] I ſhall only throvv the ſtrong Point of Light upon that Part vvhich coincides vvith Roman Hiſtory, and of that Part only on the Point of Time vvhen they received the great and final Stroke vvhich made them no more a Nation; […] I ſay nothing of the Loppings made from that Stock whilſt it ſtood; nor from the Suckers that grevv out of the old Root ever ſince.

    1756, [Edmund Burke], A Vindication of Natural Society: Or, A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind from Every Species of Artificial Society. […], London: […] M. Cooper […], →OCLC
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of lop

Origin

From lop + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lopping

shoppingstoppingdroppingpoppingtoppinghoppingcroppingchoppingwhoppingmoppingsoppingboppingclopping
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Cite this entry
APA

lopping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lopping

MLA

“lopping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lopping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lopping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lopping.

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