how to pronounce lop

/ˈlɑːp/

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lop is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of lop in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… as a lop which is basically exploring …”

meanings of lop

noun:

(usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
A flea.
Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.

verb:

To allow to hang down.
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.

name:

A town in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

lop frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lop occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lop can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lop can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;