lopping

noun lopping

• deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
• tensing — stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
• contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
• elision — The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I‘m, let’s, e ' en ).