chop
English
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Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: chop
- Rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology 1
From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare 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”), Danish kappe (“to cut, lop off, poll”), Swedish kapa (“to cut”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.
Noun
chop (plural chops)
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
- I was standing at the meat counter, waiting for some rib lamb chops to be cut.
- 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.
- (dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:chop.
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Verb
chop (third-person singular simple present chop, present participle p, simple past and past participle ing)
- (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) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- (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. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- (Can we date this quote by L'Estrange and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.
- (Can we date this quote by L'Estrange and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
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- This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.
- (Can we date this quote by Latimer and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
Translations
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of chap (“cheap”). Compare Middle English copen (“to buy”), Dutch kopen (“to buy”).
Verb
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:
- To chap or crack.
- (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
- The wind chops about.
- To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
- (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.
- (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Noun
chop (plural chops)
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Marryat to this entry?)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Perhaps a variant of chap (“jaw”). Compare also Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”).
Noun
chop (plural chops)
- (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
- East Chop; West Chop
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”)
Noun
chop (plural chops)
- An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- silk of the first chop
- A license or passport that has been sealed.
Derived terms
Etymology 5
Shortening.
Noun
chop (plural chops)
- (Internet) An IRC channel operator.
- 1996, Peter Ludlow, High Noon on the Electronic Frontier (page 404)
- IRC supports mechanisms for the enforcement of acceptable behaviour on IRC. Channel operators — "chanops" or "chops" — have access to the /kick command, which throws a specified user out of the given channel.
- 1996, Peter Ludlow, High Noon on the Electronic Frontier (page 404)
Synonyms
See also
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
chop
Silesian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xolpъ.
Noun
chop m
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