chop
IPA: tʃˈɑp
noun
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
- (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.
- (dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
- (colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) 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.
- (colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- A license or passport that has been sealed.
- A complete shipment.
- (Internet) An IRC channel operator.
- (uncountable, acronym) 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
- A city in Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
- (military) Acronym of change of operational control.
- Acronym of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
- (historical) Acronym of Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.
verb
- (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
- (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.
- (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
- (obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
- To chap or crack.
- (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
- (obsolete) To twist words.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- (transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) 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.
- To seal a license or passport.
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Examples of "chop" in Sentences
- Chop onion and saute.
- They chopped the carrot.
- Who chopped the redwood
- It is his job to chop tare.
- Timber is chopped and is used to stoke.
- The sound of chops is sharp and percussive.
- It was the other song at the end of Chop Chop.
- The carpenter chopped poplar with an eletronic ax.
- In the bathroom scene, Pink chopping a hole in the door with the axe is cut.
- The more time one spends sharpening the axe, the easier it is to chop the wood.
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