lop off

== English == === Etymology === See lop. === Pronunciation === === Verb === lop off (third-person singular simple present lops off, present participle lopping off, simple past and past participle lopped off) (transitive) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (to cut off): snead ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== defalcate