noun
Meaning 1
A slice of meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England
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Standard Lemma guide
collop
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒləp/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒləp
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homophone: call-up
noun
Meaning 2
A slice of bacon, a rasher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A small piece, portion, or slice of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To cut into collops (thin slices)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”). Cognate to German Klops (“dish of meat made tender by beating”).