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lick one chops

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chop

3  [chop]
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–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
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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  (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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