chop
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Middle English choppen, variant of chappen (“to chop”). Akin to Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), Middle Low German koppen (“to cut off, lop, poll”), Danish kappe (“to cut, lop off, poll”), Swedish kapa (“to cut”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *cippian (only attested in compounds). More at chip.
Noun [edit]
chop (plural chops)
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
- It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.
- (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- A karate chop.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.
- (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment.
Quotations [edit]
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Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
cut of meat
blow with an axe or similar utensil
dismissal, especially from employment
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Verb [edit]
chop (third-person singular simple present chops, present participle chopping, simple past and past participle chopped)
- (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- chop wood
- chop an onion
- (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- Chop off his head.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
Translations [edit]
to cut into pieces
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to sever with an axe or similar
baseball: to hit the ball downward
poker: to divide the pot
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the noun or verb chop
Etymology 2 [edit]
Of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of chap.
Verb [edit]
chop (third-person singular simple present chops, present participle chopping, simple past and past participle chopped)
- (obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- this is not to put down Prelaty, this is but to chop an Episcopacy; this is but to translate the Palace Metropolitan from one kind of dominion into another, this is but an old canonicall sleight of commuting our penance.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
Etymology 3 [edit]
Hindi छाप (ćhāp, “stamp”)
Noun [edit]
chop (plural chops)
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