Chop
Chop , transitive verb
[Compare LG. & Dutch kappen, Danish kappe, Swedish kappa. Compare Chap to crack.]
1.
To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
2.
To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
Chop off your hand, and it to the king.
3.
To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [Obsolete]
Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up.
Chop , intransitive verb
1.
To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
2.
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.
3.
To interrupt; -- with in or out.
This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.
Chop , transitive verb
[Compare Dutch koopen to buy. See Cheapen, transitive verb, and compare Chap, v. i., to buy.]
1.
To barter or truck.
2.
To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
We go on chopping and changing our friends.
Collocations (1)
To chop logic , to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.
Chop , intransitive verb
1.
To purchase by way of truck.
2.
(Nautical) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
3.
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.
Chop , noun
A change; a vicissitude. — Marryat
Chop , verb, transitive and intransitive
To crack. See Chap, transitive verb & i.
Chop , noun
1.
The act of chopping; a stroke.
2.
A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
3.
A crack or cleft. See Chap.
Chop , noun
[See Chap.]
1.
A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
2.
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
3.
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
Chop , noun
[Chin. & Hind. chāp stamp, brand.]
1.
Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
2.
A permit or clearance.
Collocations (4)
Chop dollar , a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
chop of tea , a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf.
Chowchow chop , See under Chowchow.
Grand chop , a ship's port clearance. — S. W. Williams