lop

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.2 References 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.2 References 1.4 Anagrams 2 Hungarian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Verb 2.3.1 Descendants 3 Occitan 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɒp/

  Rhymes: -ɒp

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English loppe, Old Norse *hloppa. Confer Swedish loppa.

[edit] Noun

lop (plural lops)

1. (Geordie) A flea.

   Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops

[edit] References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• lop in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “lop” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893-4[2]
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [3]
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[4]

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English loppe.

[edit] Verb

to lop (third-person singular simple present lops, present participle lopping, simple past and past participle lopped)

1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree.

[edit] References

• “lop” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of lop
• PLO
• pol, POL

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

Of unknown origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlop/

[edit] Verb

lop

1. to steal, to shoplift

[edit] Descendants

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[edit] Occitan

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ['lup]

[edit] Noun

lop m. (plural lops; feminine loba; feminine plural lobas)

1. wolf