Chop CHOP, v.t.
1. To cut off or separate, by striking with a sharp instrument, either by a single blow or by repeated blows; as, to chop off a head; to chop wood.
2. To cut into small pieces; to mince; as, to chop meat; to chop straw.
3. To grand and mince with the teeth; to devour eagerly; with up; as, to chop up an entertainment.
4. To break or open into chinks or fissures; to crack; to chap. [See Chap.]
CHOP, v.i.
1. To buy, or rather to barter, truck, exchange.
2. To exchange; to put one thing in the place of another; as, to chop and change our friends.
3. To bandy; to altercate; to return one word or thing for another.
Let not the council chop with the judge.
CHOP, v.i. To turn, vary, change or shift suddenly; as in the seamans phrase, the wind chops, or chops about. [The various senses of this verb seem to center in that of thrusting, driving, or a sudden motion or exertion of force.]
CHOP, n.
1. A piece chopped off; a small piece of meat; as a mutton chop.
2. A crack or cleft. See Chap, which, with the broad sound of a, is often pronounced chap.
3. The chap; the jaw; plu. The jaws; the mouth; the sides of a rivers mouth or channel. [See Chap.]

chop n 1: the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide); "the boat headed into the chop" 2: a small cut of meat including part of a rib 3: a jaw; "I'll hit him on the chops" 4: a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball [syn: chop, chop shot] 5: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: chop, chopper] v 1: cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" [syn: chop, chop up] 2: move suddenly 3: form or shape by chopping; "chop a hole in the ground" 4: strike sharply, as in some sports 5: cut with a hacking tool [syn: chop, hack] 6: hit sharply

chop ̈ɪtʃɔp See: LICK ONE'S CHOPS.

chop I. verb (chopped; chopping) Etymology: Middle English chappen, choppen — more at chap Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cut into or sever usually by repeated blows of a sharp instrument b. to cut into pieces — often used with up <chop up an onion> c. to weed and thin out (young cotton) d. to cut as if by chopping <chop prices> <a bridge chops the lake in two> 2. to strike (as a ball) with a short quick downward stroke 3. to subject to the action of a chopper <chop a beam of light> intransitive verb 1. to make a quick stroke or repeated strokes with or as if with a sharp instrument (as an ax) 2. archaic to move or act suddenly or violently II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. a forceful usually slanting blow with or as if with an ax or cleaver b. a sharp downward blow or stroke 2. a small cut of meat often including part of a rib — see lamb illustration 3. a mark made by or as if by chopping 4. material that has been chopped up 5. a. a short abrupt motion (as of a wave) b. a stretch of choppy sea 6. chopper 6 7. chiefly British ax 3 <it is the very top men who have got the chop — Daily Mirror> III. intransitive verb (chopped; chopping) Etymology: Middle English chappen, choppen to barter Date: 1540 1. to change direction 2. to veer with or as if with wind IV. noun Etymology: Hindi chāp & Urdu chhāp stamp Date: 1614 1. a. a seal or official stamp or its impression b. a license validated by a seal 2. a. a mark on goods or coins to indicate nature or quality b. a kind, brand, or lot of goods bearing the same chop c. quality, grade <of the first chop>

chop
1.
v. & n.
--v.tr. (chopped, chopping)
1 (usu. foll. by off, down, etc.) cut or fell by a blow, usu. with an axe.
2 (often foll. by up) cut (esp. meat or vegetables) into small pieces.
3 strike (esp. a ball) with a short heavy edgewise blow.
4 Brit. colloq. dispense with; shorten or curtail.
--n.
1 a cutting blow, esp. with an axe.
2 a thick slice of meat (esp. pork or lamb) usu. including a rib.
3 a short heavy edgewise stroke or blow in tennis, cricket, boxing, etc.
4 the broken motion of water, usu. owing to the action of the wind against the tide.
5 (prec. by the) Brit. sl. a dismissal from employment. b the action of killing or being killed.
Phrases and idioms:
chop logic argue pedantically.
Etymology: ME, var. of CHAP(1)
2.
n. (usu. in pl.) the jaw of an animal etc.
Etymology: 16th-c. var. (occurring earlier) of CHAP(3), of unkn. orig.
3.
v.intr. (chopped, chopping)
Phrases and idioms:
chop and change vacillate; change direction frequently.
Etymology: ME, perh. rel. to chap f. OE ceapian (as CHEAP)
4.
n. Brit. archaic a trade mark; a brand of goods.
Phrases and idioms:
not much chop esp. Austral. & NZ no good.
Etymology: orig. in India & China, f. Hindi chap stamp

chop (chops, chopping, chopped) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe. Chop the butter into small pieces... Visitors were set to work chopping wood. ...chopped tomatoes. VERB: V n into n, V n, V-ed 2. A chop is a small piece of meat cut from the ribs of a sheep or pig. ...grilled lamb chops. N-COUNT: usu n N 3. When people chop and change, they keep changing their minds about what to do or how to act. (BRIT INFORMAL) Don't ask me why they have chopped and changed so much. PHRASE: Vs inflect 4. If something is for the chop or is going to get the chop, it is going to be stopped or closed. If someone is for the chop, they are going to lose their job or position. (BRIT INFORMAL) He won't say which programmes are for the chop... PHRASE

CHOP A blow. Boxing term.

Chop \Chop\, v. i. 1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument. 2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. --L'Estrange. 3. To interrupt; -- with in or out. This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. --Latimer.

Chop \Chop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.] [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. Chap to crack.] 1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.

Chop \Chop\, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. Chap, v. i., to buy.] 1. To barter or truck. 2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another. We go on chopping and changing our friends. --L'Estrange. To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.

Chop \Chop\, v. i. 1. To purchase by way of truck. 2. (Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about. 3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. --Bacon.

Chop \Chop\, n. A change; a vicissitude. --Marryat.

Chop \Chop\, v. t. & i. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

Chop \Chop\, n. 1. The act of chopping; a stroke. 2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop. 3. A crack or cleft. See Chap.

Chop \Chop\, n. [See Chap.] 1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops. 2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise. 3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.] 1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. 2. A permit or clearance. Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf. Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow. Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams.

CHOP /chop/ n. [IRC] See channel op.

CHOP (paras): Figurative: This word, meaning "to cut in pieces," "to distribute," often translated "spread," is rendered "chop" in Mic 3:3, they "chop them in pieces, as for the pot," figuratively for the destruction of God's people through the cruel exactions of their rulers.

chop I. v. a. 1. Cut (with a quick blow). 2. Mince, cut into small pieces. II. v. n. Shift, veer, change suddenly. III. n. 1. Slice, piece cut off. 2. Brand, quality. 3. Crop (of tea). 4. Jaw, chap.

chop ̈ɪtʃɔp v. 1 Also, chop away or down or off. cut, hack, hew, lop, crop, cleave, sever: Chop away that underbrush. I tried to chop off the end. Don't chop down that tree! 2 Also, chop up. mince; dice, cube; hash: Chop up the parsley very fine before adding it to the sauce. --n. 3 cut, blow, stroke: With a quick chop of the axe, the branch was severed.

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