The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LOP which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Chop (off) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOP | 96 % | 3 |
| HEW | 2 % | 3 |
| CROP | 2 % | 4 |
Why may LOP be the right solution?
The answer "LOP" is the right solution because it means to "chop off" or cut something, typically in a rough or hasty manner.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Chop (off)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut off
- lop off
- chop down
- hack off
- cutting off
- chop up
- cut away
- snip off
- cut it
- chopping
- cut out
- cut down
Crossword Answer definitions
LOP noun- That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
- (usually with off) 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.
- To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
- To allow to hang down.
- A flea.
- (usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
- Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LOP
- Cut off
- Remove some branches
- Trim
- Remove, as branches
- Be a branch manager?
- Chop (off)
- Cut (off)
- Cut (off), as branches
- Do some landscaping work, say
- Do some topiary
More clues leading to the result HEW
- Take an ax to
- Axe a tree
- Fell
- Onetime Cabinet dept.
- Shape with an axe
- Cut off
- Cut with an axe
- Fell by chopping
- Chop down
- Chop off