Chop
[tʃɒp] or [tʃɑp]
Definition
(noun.) a grounder that bounces high in the air.
(noun.) a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball.
(noun.) a jaw; 'I'll hit him on the chops'.
(noun.) a small cut of meat including part of a rib.
(noun.) the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide); 'the boat headed into the chop'.
(verb.) hit sharply.
(verb.) cut with a hacking tool.
(verb.) cut into pieces; 'Chop wood'; 'chop meat'.
(verb.) strike sharply, as in some sports.
(verb.) form or shape by chopping; 'chop a hole in the ground'.
(verb.) move suddenly.
Checker: Shari--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
(v. t.) To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
(v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
(v. i.) To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
(v. i.) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
(v. i.) To interrupt; -- with in or out.
(v. i.) To barter or truck.
(v. i.) To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
(v. i.) To purchase by way of truck.
(v. i.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
(v. i.) To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
(n.) A change; a vicissitude.
(v. t. & i.) To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
(n.) The act of chopping; a stroke.
(n.) A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
(n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap.
(n.) A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
(n.) A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
(n.) The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
(n.) Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
(n.) A permit or clearance.
Editor: Lora
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Cut (with a quick blow).[2]. Mince, cut into small pieces.
v. n. Shift, veer, change suddenly.
n. [1]. Slice, piece cut off.[2]. Brand, quality.
Edited by Edward
Definition
n. in China and India an official mark or seal: a license or passport which has been sealed.
n. the chap or jaw generally used in pl.: a person with fat cheeks: the mouth of anything as a cannon.—adj. Chop′-fall′en lit. having the chop or lower jaw fallen down: cast-down: dejected.
v.t. to cut with a sudden blow: to cut into small pieces: (Milton) to change: to exchange or barter: (Milton) to trade in: to bandy words.—v.i. to change about: to shift suddenly as the wind.—n. a blow: a piece cut off: a slice of mutton or pork containing a rib: a change: vicissitude.—ns. Chop′-house a house where mutton-chops and beef-steaks are served: an eating-house; Chop′per one who or that which chops: a cleaver; Chop′ping-knife a knife for chopping or mincing meat.—adj. Chop′py full of chops or cracks: running in irregular waves—also Chop′ping.—Chop and change to buy and sell: to change about; Chop at to aim a blow at; Chop in to break in interrupt; Chop logic to dispute in logical terms: to bandy words; Chop up to cut into small pieces.—A chop-logic (Shak.) a contentious fellow.
Inputed by Barnard
Examples
- He afterwards took another chop, and another potato; and after that, another chop and another potato. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Malone, can you cook a mutton chop? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then we will have a chop here, at two. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- After watching me into the second chop, he said: 'There's half a pint of ale for you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I have got some good wine in the cellar, and we can get a chop from the coffee-house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I'd sooner chop my right hand off! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- No,' said Miss Wren, with a chop. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These are some of the same lot; they were made as follows: The meat was chopped, put into the preserving fluid for one night, and then mixed with the other material in the ordinary way. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The tube is then removed from the boiling water, and after cooling for a few minutes, it is placed in a vessel containing finely chopped ice (Fig. 10). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- So, with Spartan firmness, the young authoress laid her first-born on her table, and chopped it up as ruthlessly as any ogre. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I had never before heard the English language chopped up in that way. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Aymo had a basin of spaghetti with onions and tinned meat chopped up in it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The process in brief is to take fresh beef fat, which is first chopped up and thoroughly washed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For sawdust a well-packed space of 10 inches between walls and ice will keep the ice well; chopped straw should be 15 or 20 inches thick, and long straw should occupy a space of 2 feet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- After all, notwithstanding the chops and jellies he gets, I would not be in his shoes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mutton-chops and sin is good enough living for them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The chops are done. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I suppose it's chops at the Sol's Arms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Chops and tomato sauce. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the course of their correspondence Mr. Sanders had often called her a 'duck,' but never 'chops,' nor yet 'tomato sauce. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He brought me some chops, and vegetables, and took the covers off in such a bouncing manner that I was afraid I must have given him some offence. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Painting, chopping wood, hammering, plowing, washing, scrubbing, sewing, are all forms of work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Instead of chopping yourself down to fit the world, chop the world down to fit yourself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The gum is collected by chopping through the bark with a hatchet and placing under each series of cuts a little clay cup formed by the hands of the workman. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the presence of Lord Decimus, to detain the host with chopping our dry chaff of law, was really too bad! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No,' said Miss Wren, chopping off the word. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Chopping about is merely an exhaustive process. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Dorothy