different between lops vs tops

English

Noun

lops

1. plural of lop

Verb

lops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lop

Anagrams

• LPOs, pols, slop, splo

Latvian

Etymology

The origin of this word is unclear. Some derive it from Proto-Indo-European *l?p- (“cow”), but the only basis for this reconstruction is the Albanian cognate. Others consider it related to Gothic ???????????????? (lamb) (cf. German Lamm, English lamb), perhaps even a borrowing from a Germanic language. Yet others suggest that it comes from a putative Proto-Baltic *luop-, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut off, to separate”) with an extra -p, with the meaning evolving from “cut off” > “to hide, to skin, to flay” (cf. Lithuanian lùpti (“to skin, to peel”)) > “hide, skin, fur, something made of fur” (cf. Hittite lupanni (“hat”)) > “animal body part” (cf. Old Church Slavonic ?????? (l?b?n?), Serbo-Croatian lùbina (“skull”)) > “animal.” The initial meaning of lops, still found dialectally, was more restricted, covering only goats, sheep and maybe cows. In the 18th and 19th century, the meaning was extended to almost all animals (= dz?vnieks), and later again restricted to its current range. Cognates include Lithuanian lúopas, lúobas (“clumsy person or animal”), Albanian lopë (“cow”) (< *l?p?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l??ps]

Noun

lops m (1st declension)

1. livestock, (farm) animal (e.g., cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, poultry, etc.)

Declension

Synonyms

• m?jlops

Derived terms

• liellops
• m?jlops

References

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?ps/
• (US) enPR: täps, IPA^(key): /t?ps/
• Rhymes: -?ps

Adverb

tops (not comparable)

1. (informal) At the very most; as a maximum.

   Your essay should be two pages, tops.

Translations

Adjective

tops (not comparable)

1. (slang, dated) Great; excellent.
   • 1938, Motion Picture Herald (volume 132, issues 7-13, page 61)

     This is tops for a musical. Popular with the audience.

   • 1958, Billboard (5 May 1958, page 139)

     Joe Issenberg, Al Kahn, A. Amato and B. B. Saunders all agreed that it was tops for a meeting place.

Noun

tops

1. plural of top

Noun

tops

1. (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field

   Scoring 38 more points leaves him with tops for the win.

Verb

tops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of top

Anagrams

• OTPs, POST, POTS, PTOs, Post, Spot, TPOs, opts, post, post-, post., pots, spot, stop

Spanish

Noun

tops

1. plural of top