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chop

1  [chop] verb, chopped, chop⋅ping, noun
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–verb (used with object)
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. Fox Hunting. (of a hound or pack) to attack and kill (a fox that has not begun to run).
–verb (used without object)
7. to make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, as with an ax.
8. Boxing. to throw or deliver a short blow, esp. a downward one while in a clinch.
9. (in tennis, cricket, etc.) to employ or deliver a chop stroke.
10. to go, come, or move suddenly or violently.
–noun
11. an act or instance of chopping.
12. a cutting blow.
13. Boxing. a short blow, esp. a downward one, executed while in a clinch.
14. a piece chopped off.
15. an individual cut or portion of meat, as mutton, lamb, veal, or pork, usually one containing a rib.
16. crushed or ground grain used as animal feed.
17. a short, irregular, broken motion of waves; choppiness: There's too much chop for rowing today.
18. rough, turbulent water, as of a sea or lake.
19. chop stroke.
—Idiom
20. chop or cut down to size. cut (def. 84).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME choppen; var. of chap 1

Synonyms:
1. See cut.

chop

2  [chop]
–verb (used without object), chopped, chop⋅ping.
1. to turn, shift, or change suddenly: The wind chopped to the west.
2. to vacillate; change one's mind.
3. Obsolete.
a. to barter.
b. to bandy words; argue.
—Idiom
4. chop logic, to reason or dispute argumentatively; draw unnecessary distinctions.
Origin:
1425–75; var. of obs. chap barter, ME chappen (with vowel as in chapman ), chepen, OE cēapian to trade (deriv. of cēap sale, trade; see cheap )

chop

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

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; perh. special use of chop 1

chop

4  [chop]
–noun
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.
Origin:
1605–15; < Hindi chāp impression, stamp

chop stroke

 
–noun
(in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
Also called chop.
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chop 1   (chŏp)   
v.   chopped, chop·ping, chops

v.   tr.
    1. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax: chop wood.
    2. To shape or form by chopping: chop a hole in the ice.
    3. To cut into small pieces: chop onions; chop up meat.
    4. To curtail as if by chopping: chopped off his sentence midway; are going to chop expenses.
  2. Sports To hit or hit at with a short swift downward stroke.
v.   intr.
  1. To make heavy, cutting strokes.
  2. Archaic To move roughly or suddenly.
n.  
  1. The act of chopping.
    1. A swift, short, cutting blow or stroke.
    2. Sports A short downward stroke.
    3. A short irregular motion of waves.
    4. An area of choppy water, as on an ocean.
  3. A piece that has been chopped off, especially a cut of meat, usually taken from the rib, shoulder, or loin and containing a bone.
    1. A short irregular motion of waves.
    2. An area of choppy water, as on an ocean.

[Middle English choppen, probably variant of chappen, to split; see chap1.]
chop 2   (chŏp)   
intr.v.   chopped, chop·ping, chops
To change direction suddenly, as a ship in the wind.

[Obsolete, to exchange, from Middle English choppen, to barter, bargain, variant of chapen, from Old English cēapian, from cēap, bargain, trade; see cheap.]
chop 3   (chŏp)   
n.  
  1. An official stamp or permit in the Far East.
    1. A mark stamped on goods or coins to indicate their identity or quality.
    2. Quality; class: first chop.

[Hindi chāp, seal.]
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Chop

Chop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.] [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. 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. --Shak.

3. To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [Obs.]

Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. --L'estrange.

Chop

Chop\, v. i. 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. --L'Estrange.

3. To interrupt; -- with in or out.

This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. --Latimer.

Chop

Chop\, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. 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. --L'Estrange.

To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.

Chop

Chop\, v. i. 1. To purchase by way of truck.

2. (Naut.) 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. --Bacon.

Chop

Chop\, n. A change; a vicissitude. --Marryat.

Chop

Chop\, v. t. & i. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

Chop

Chop\, n. 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

Chop\, n. [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

Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.]

1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

2. A permit or clearance.

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.
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Language Translation for : chop
Spanish: cortar en trozos,
German: (zer-)hacken,
Japanese: 切り刻む
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CHOP

/chop/ n. [IRC] See channel op.
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chop  (1)
"to cut," 1362, perhaps from O.Fr. (Picard) choper, from O.Fr. coper "to cut off," from V.L. *cuppare "to decapitate," infl. by couper "to strike." Meaning "slice of meat" is c.1640; hence, chop-house (1690). Chopper, slang for "helicopter," dates from 1951, Korean War military slang. Meaning "stripped-down modified motorcycle" is from 1965.

chop  (2)
"shift," O.E. ceapian "to bargain," with a sense of "changing back and forth." Choppy, of seas, is attested from 1867.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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CHOP
channel op

Chop language, tool
A code generator by Alan L. Wendt for the lcc C compiler front end. Version 0.6 is interfaced with Fraser and Hanson's lcc front end. The result is a C compiler with good code selection but no global optimisation. In 1993, Chop could compile and run small test programs on the VAX. The National Semiconductor 32000 and Motorola 68000 code generators are being upgraded for lcc compatibility.
(ftp://beethoven.cs.colostate.edu/pub/chop/0.6.tar.Z).
["Fast Code Generation Using Automatically-Generated Decision Trees", ACM SIGPLAN '90 PLDI].
(1993-04-28)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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