chop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: chŏp
ipa: /t͡ʃɒp/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: chops
form: chopping
form: chopped
form: chopped
Etymology: From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”).
Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.
Senses: examples: chop wood; chop an onion
glosses: To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
examples: text: Chop off his head.
glosses: To sever with an axe or similar implement.
examples: text: We should chop off some of that department's budget.
glosses: To separate or divide.
glosses: to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
glosses: To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
examples: text: Out of a Greediness to get both, he Chops at the Shadow, and Loses the Substance.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
examples: text: This fellow […]interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.
ref: 1550, Hugh Latimer, Sermon Preached before King Edward:
glosses: To interrupt; with in or out.
examples: text: A man had chopped a Sanitary Department coolie to death after an argument about money, Supreme Court was told today.
ref: 1959 June 8, China Mail, page 10:
glosses: To stab.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: chomp
glosses: To remove the final character from (a text string).
examples: text: He chopped out a fat line.
glosses: To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine.
examples: text: One of my bredrins is saying, what's the oldest ting he can chop?
glosses: To have sex with.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: Baltimore chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: big chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: binary chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: bust chops
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: Chelsea chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop and chat
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop and drop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop-chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop chord
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop cup
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop down
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopette
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop house
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chophouse
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop it up
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: choplet
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: choplike
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop-logic
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop logic
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: choplogic
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop mill
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop off
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop out
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: choppable
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopped and screwed
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopped liver
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopped-nose
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopper
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: choppin'
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopping block
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopping board
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: choppy
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chops
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop shop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop-shop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopsocky
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chopstick
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chop up
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: chump chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: confirm plus chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: fin chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: first-chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: for the chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: French chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: get the chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: greenchop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: karate chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: lambchop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: mutton chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: muttonchop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: mutton-chop whiskers
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: photochop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: pork chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: pork chop island
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: prechop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: reverse chops
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: small chops
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: stop and chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: throttle chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: tomahawk chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: try out one's own chops
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: walleye chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: wind chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: wood chop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb chop, Etymology 1
word: woodchop