chop: Meaning and Definition of

chop

1. to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often fol. by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree.
2. to make or prepare for use by so cutting: to chop logs.
3. to cut in pieces; mince (often fol. by up): to chop up an onion; to chop meat.
4. (in tennis, cricket, etc.) to hit (a ball) with a chop stroke.
5. to weed and thin out (growing cotton) with a hoe.
6. (of a hound or pack) to attack and kill (a fox that has not begun to run).

1. to make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, as with an ax.
2. to throw or deliver a short blow, esp. a downward one while in a clinch.
3. (in tennis, cricket, etc.) to employ or deliver a chop stroke.
4. to go, come, or move suddenly or violently.
5. See(def. 49).

1. an act or instance of chopping.
2. a cutting blow.
3. a short blow, esp. a downward one, executed while in a clinch.
4. a piece chopped off.
5. an individual cut or portion of meat, as mutton, lamb, veal, or pork, usually one containing a rib.
6. crushed or ground grain used as animal feed.
7. a short, irregular, broken motion of waves; choppiness: There's too much chop for rowing today.
8. rough, turbulent water, as of a sea or lake.
9. See

chop

1. to turn, shift, or change suddenly: The wind chopped to the west.
2. to vacillate; change one's mind.
1. to barter.
2. to bandy words; argue.
4. to reason or dispute argumentatively; draw unnecessary distinctions.

chop

1. Usually,the jaw.
1. the oral cavity; mouth.
2. Slang.the embouchure or technique necessary to play a wind instrument.
3. Slang.musical ability on any instrument, esp. in playing jazz or rock; technical virtuosity.
4. Slang.the music or musical part played by an instrumentalist, esp. a solo passage.
3. an entranceway, as into a body of water.
4. either of two pieces clasping the end of the suspension spring of a pendulum.
5. to exert oneself.
6. to annoy with nagging or criticism: Stop busting my chops —I'll get the job done.
7. to await with pleasure; anticipate; relish: He was already licking his chops over the expected inheritance.

chop

1. an official stamp or seal, or a permit or clearance, esp. as formerly used in India and China.
2. a design, corresponding to a brand or trademark, stamped on goods to indicate their identity or quality.
3. the signature stamp of an artist, printmaker, etc., testifying to the authenticity of a work.
4. quality, class, or grade: a musician of the first chop.