What does lop off mean?

lop off means "remove by or as if by cutting".

What is another word for lop off?

Close synonyms include cut off, chop off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lop off a common word?

lop off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

lop off — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
remove by or as if by cutting
“cut off the ear”
“lop off the dead branch”
Synonymscut off chop off
Broaderdetach
Narrowerabscise roach

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What does lop off mean?: lop off means "remove by or as if by cutting".

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