NOUN
- a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees
How To Use lopper In A Sentence
- So the characterization of Romney as a flip-flopper could reinforce one element of his general election strategy. Aaron Belkin: Mr. President: Depict Romney as the Extremist He Claims to Be
- When the lopper had laid it bare and the woodcutters had sapped its base, five men commenced hauling at the rope attached to the top. Original Short Stories — Volume 03
- According to today's New York Times, the president's advisers are debating whether to characterize Mitt Romney in terms of his inconsistency on important policies (flip-flopper), his support for far-right positions that are out of touch with the moderate middle (extremist) or a combination of both. Aaron Belkin: Mr. President: Depict Romney as the Extremist He Claims to Be
- He kicked a chair after picking up a second first-half foul and he has been dogged as a flopper and a complainer.
- In the 2004 election campaign the Republicans roared about things like this, constantly referring to it as the kind of "flip-flop" that should disqualify the "flopper" from being President. "And John McCain either doesn't know who the Prime Minister of Spain is, thinks Spain is a country in Latin America, or possibly both."
- This prez is the biggest flippy flopper I've ever seen! Obama delays Hawaii vacation over Senate vote
- Meanwhile, BHP Chief Executive Marius Kloppers, who said he would give the proposed joint venture until the end of the year before reviewing its merits, is involved in another challenge: trying to convince shareholders of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan to agree to a BHP buyout. BHP, Rio Weigh Changing Or Delaying Iron-Ore Venture
- He understands that you can reverse yourself and avoid the term flip-flopper, which is applied to people who sometimes reverse themselves in politics. CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2007
- This prez is the biggest flippy flopper I've ever seen! Obama delays Hawaii vacation over Senate vote
- She is sure to bring tools like loppers and shovels to gather plant material for propagation.