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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHOPS, [See Chop.]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural Etymology: alteration of ³chap Date: 1589 1. jaw 2. a. mouth b. the fleshy covering of the jaws <a dog licking its chops> 3. embouchure; broadly the technical facility of a musical performer 4. expertise in a particular field or activity <acting chops>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chops Chops (ch[o^]ps), n. pl. [See Chop a jaw.] 1. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth. 2. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. pl. See chaps

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The mouth. I gave him a wherrit, or a souse, across the chops; I gave him a blow over the mouth, See WHERRIT.

Moby Thesaurus

bazoo, chaps, embouchure, gab, gob, jaw, jaws, jowls, kisser, lips, mandibles, maw, maxilla, mouth, mug, mush, muzzle, oral cavity, premaxilla, trap, yap