[chop] 
verb, chopped, chop⋅ping, noun | 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). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 20. | chop or cut down to size. cut (def. 84). |
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