chop

noun

/t͡ʃɒp/UK/t͡ʃɑp/US

Etymology

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”). Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also 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”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.

inherited from choppen

Definitions

1
A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
- Of the two fried chops served him for breakfast he ate one and gave Edmund the other, and put a buttered sandwich of bread in his pocket against the accidents of travel.
- I was standing at the meat counter, waiting for some rib lamb chops to be cut.
2
A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
- It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.
3
A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- A karate chop.
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1. Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not…
  Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
2. 5
  A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being…
  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.
3. Termination, especially from employment
  Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
4. 7
  A woodchopping competition.
  - E, C. McsEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds[.]
5. A crack or cleft
  A crack or cleft; a chap.
6. Aircraft turbulence.
7. Cocaine.
8. 11
  A knife, especially one used as a weapon.
  - It's peak when the mandem spotty I gonna need more than a dot-dot Capisce, got a problem for swinging this chop?
9. 12
  To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
  - chop wood; chop an onion
10. 13
  To sever with an axe or similar implement.
  - Chop off his head.
11. 14
  To separate or divide.
  - We should chop off some of that department's budget.
12. to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
13. To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
14. To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
15. To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
16. 19
  To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion
  To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
  - Out of a Greediness to get both, he Chops at the Shadow, and Loses the Substance.
17. 20
  To interrupt
  To interrupt; with in or out.
  - This fellow […]interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.
18. 21
  To stab.
  - A man had chopped a Sanitary Department coolie to death after an argument about money, Supreme Court was told today.
19. To remove the final character from (a text string).
20. 23
  To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine.
  - He chopped out a fat line.
21. 24
  To have sex with.
  - One of my bredrins is saying, what's the oldest ting he can chop?
22. 25
  To exchange, to barter
  To exchange, to barter; to swap.
  - 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.
23. To chap or crack.
24. 27
  To vary or shift suddenly.
  - The wind chops about.
25. 28
  To twist words.
  - Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.
26. To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
27. A turn of fortune
  A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
28. A jaw of an animal.
29. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
30. 33
  The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
  - East Chop
  - West Chop
31. A stamp or seal
  A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
32. The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
33. 36
  A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
  - silk of the first chop
34. A licence or passport that has been sealed.
35. 38
  A complete shipment.
  - a chop of tea
36. To stamp or seal (a document)
  To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
37. To seal a licence or passport.
38. 41
  An IRC channel operator.
  - 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.
39. 42
  To fly a helicopter or be flown in a helicopter.
  - We chopped back to the base.
40. a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of…
  a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin (also called doxorubicin or adriamycin), Oncovin (vincristine) and Prednisone or Prednisolone
41. Acronym of change of operational control.
42. 45
  Acronym of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
  - […] said study co-leader William H. Peranteau, MD, a pediatric and fetal surgeon in CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment.
43. 46
  Acronym of Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.
  - In its earliest days, the CHOP had support from some city officials, including Durkan, who at the time described a "block party atmosphere" and referenced the "Summer of Love" in a CNN interview.
44. A city, the administrative center of Chop urban hromada, Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia…
  A city, the administrative center of Chop urban hromada, Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1281.

The neighborhood

Derived

chopchurch, chops, chopboat, chop dollar, grand chop, not much chop

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at chop. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at chop. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at chop

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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