Turkish pronunciation
läpSynonyms
chop,
clip,
crop,
cut,
cut back,
cut down,
mow,
pare,
pare down,
prune,
shear,
snip,
truncatePronunciation
/ˈläp/ /ˈlɑːp/
Etymology
[ läp ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English loppe (“flea, spider”), from Old English loppe (“spider, silk-worm, flea”), from Proto-Germanic *luppōn (“flea, sandflea", originally, "jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppjanan (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”), Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to release and raise aloft, move quickly”).