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chop

1  [chop] verb, chopped, chop⋅ping, noun
–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).
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
chop

  1. n.
    a rude remark; a cutting remark. : That was a rotten chop! Take it back!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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Computing Dictionary

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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