chop

Meaning of chop

verb
  1. cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife.
    they chopped up the pulpit for firewood
    finely chop the parsley
  2. abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless.
    their training courses are to be chopped
noun
  1. a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand.
    an effective chop to the back of the neck
  2. dismissal from employment.
    hundreds more workers have been given the chop
  3. a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib.
    he lived on liver or chops
  4. a person's share of something.
  5. crushed or ground grain used as animal feed.
    the pile of chop was dropped into the calves' feeder
  6. the broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide.
    we started our run into a two-foot chop

late Middle English: variant of chap1.

noun

a trademark; a brand of goods.

early 19th century: from Hindi chāp ‘stamp, brand’ (see chaap).

verb
  1. eat.
    come chop the soup I made for you
    where are we going to chop?
  2. acquire (money) quickly or easily, typically by dishonest means.
    we're chopping money like we're just plucking it from a tree
    while some officials want to serve, others want to chop
noun
  1. a small dish that can conveniently be eaten with the fingers, typically served as an appetizer.
    wedding guests have come to expect a good selection of mouth-watering small chops
    we serve the best chops

of uncertain origin.

Information about chop

  • The plural form of chop is: chops.
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Hyphenation of chop

chop

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • chop is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

chop synonyms

Meaning chopper:

chopper

Meaning hack:

hack

Meaning raise (a number or value) to its cube:

cube

Meaning play or gamble with dice:

dice

Meaning cut up or grind (food, especially meat) into very small pieces, typically in a machine with revolving blades:

mince

Meaning make (meat or other food) into a hash:

hash

Meaning chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool:

hew

Meaning break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain:

split

Meaning split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:

cleave

Meaning divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement:

cut

Meaning formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):

abolish

Meaning discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal:

scrap

Meaning end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly:

axe

Meaning cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword:

slash

Meaning the fact of observing or paying attention to something:

notice

Translation of chop

Words that rhyme with chop

lambchop, woodchop, mollichop, porkchop, muttonchop, chipchop, foxchop

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