collop

[ kol-uh p ]

/ ˈkɒl əp /

noun

a small slice of meat, especially a small rasher of bacon.

a small slice, portion, or piece of anything.

a fold or roll of flesh on the body.

Words nearby collop

colloidal, colloidal gel, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension, colloidin, collop, collophane, collophore, colloq., colloquial, colloquialism

Origin of collop

1350–1400; Middle English collop(pe), colhoppe, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Swedish kolhuppadher roasted on coals, Swedish kalops, dial. kollops dish of stewed meat

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Examples from the Web for collop

Then came a very strange dish: it was a collop cut from a living fish wriggling on the sideboard.
Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880|Various
The third dochter says to her mither: "Mither, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop, for I'm gaun awa' to seek my fortune."
The Blue Fairy Book|Various
Collop, her captain, made a gesture with his arms and the Blue tackles dropped back a little.
Those Times And These|Irvin S. Cobb
An' if the pope himself said grace, I'd sooner starve than ate a collop of the crater.
Adrift in the Ice-Fields|Charles W. Hall

But now you go into the parlour, dear, while I do your collop.
Lorna Doone|R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for collop

collop

/ (ˈkɒləp) /

noun dialect

a slice of meat

a small piece of anything

Word Origin for collop

C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish kalops meat stew

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