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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 followed 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 followed by up): to chop up an onion; to chop meat.
4.
(in tennis, cricket, etc.) to hit (a ball) with a chop stroke.
5.
EXPANDto weed and thin out (growing cotton) with a hoe.
6.
COLLAPSEFox 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, especially 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.
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Chops
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
Idiom11.
an act or instance of chopping.
12.
a cutting blow.
13.
Boxing. a short blow, especially a downward one, executed while in a clinch.
14.
a piece chopped off.
15.
EXPANDan 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.
COLLAPSE20.
chop
/cut down to size. cut (def. 87).
/cut down to size. cut (def. 87). Dictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used without object), chopped, chop·ping.
Idiom1.
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.
4.
chop logic, to reason or dispute argumentatively; draw unnecessary distinctions.
noun
Idioms1.
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, especially in playing jazz or rock; technical virtuosity.
d.
Slang. the music or musical part played by an instrumentalist, especially 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.
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.
noun
1.
an official stamp or seal, or a permit or clearance, especially 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
1605–15; < Hindi chāp impression, stamp
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