chop-chop

See also: chop chop

English

Alternative forms

• chop chop

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese Pidgin English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

chop-chop

1. Used to urge someone to do something quickly

Translations

hurry up

• Arabic: يالا بنا
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 快點／快点 (zh) (kuàidiǎn), 快点 (zh) (kuàidiǎn)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: vlug een beetje!
• Finnish: hopi hopi, hop hop, mars mars
• French: vite-vite (fr), grouille-grouille ! (fr) grouille-toi ! (fr), magne-toi ! (fr), et on se dépêche ! (fr), plus vite que ça !, on va pas coucher (fr) là !
• German: zack zack (de), dalli dalli (de)
• Greek: τσάκα τσάκα (el) (tsáka tsáka)
• Hindi: जल्दी (hi) (jaldī)
• Hungarian: gyorsan (hu)
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• Italian: affrettatevi, affrettati (it)
• Japanese: 早く早く (hayaku hayaku)
• Korean: 빨리 빨리 (ppalli ppalli)
• Lithuanian: greičiau greičiau
• Malagasy: malakilaky (mg), faingana (mg)
• Polish: szybciej, raz-dwa
• Portuguese: depressa (pt)
• Russian: бы́стро-бы́стро (býstro-býstro)
• Spanish: presto (es), pronto (es)
• Swedish: skynda dig!, skynda på! (sv), skynda! (sv)
• Vietnamese: đi đi mau, đi đi

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Adverb

chop-chop (not comparable)

1. (slang) Quickly.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 13:

     ‘And another beer! But cold this time, hear that, boy? Muchee coldee, and bring it chop chop.’

Noun

chop-chop (uncountable)

1. (Australia, informal) Tobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal.
   • 1944, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, Volume 265, page 30968,

     We are here today to try and do the impossible: to stop the chop chop industry.

   • 2002 November 11, Major ‘chop chop’ seizure in Northern Queensland, Australian Taxation Office, media release.
   • 2007, Martin Hughes, The Slow Guide: Melbourne, unnumbered page,

     Attitudes to tobacco mean it′s virtually sold under the counter (and we′re not talking about ‘chop chop’).