lop

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. loppe. ] A flea. [ Obs. ] Cleveland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To let hang down; as, to lop the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Loped p. pr. & vb. n. Loping. ] [ See Leap. ] 1. To leap; to dance. [ Prov. Eng. ] “He that lopes on the ropes.” Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A leap; a long step. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle. T. B. Thorpe. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Leap. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]