chops

Meaning of chops

plural noun
  1. a person's or animal's mouth or jaws.
    a smack in the chops
  2. the technical skill of a jazz or rock musician.
    when I'm on tour my chops go down

late Middle English: variant of chap3.

verb, 3rd person present
  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
plural 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.

plural noun

a trademark; a brand of goods.

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

Information about chops

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

chops

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • chops is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

chops synonyms

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

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