lop vs wry

lop

verb
  • To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. 

  • To allow to hang down. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree. 

  • Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat. 

  • A flea. 

wry

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

adj
  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

noun
  • Distortion. 

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