chop

chop ¹  (chp)

v. chopped, chop·ping, chops

v.tr.

1.

a. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax: chop wood.

b. To shape or form by chopping: chop a hole in the ice.

c. To cut into small pieces: chop onions; chop up meat.

d. 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.

2.

a. A swift, short, cutting blow or stroke.

b. Sports A short downward stroke.

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.

4.

a. A short irregular motion of waves.

b. An area of choppy water, as on an ocean.

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[Middle English choppen, probably variant of chappen, to split; see chap¹.]

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chop ²  (chp)

intr.v. chopped, chop·ping, chops

To change direction suddenly, as a ship in the wind.

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[Obsolete, to exchange, from Middle English choppen, to barter, bargain, variant of chapen, from Old English capian, from cap, bargain, trade; see cheap.]

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chop ¹

Verb

[chopping, chopped]

1. (often foll. by down, off)to cut (something) with a blow from an axe or other sharp tool

2. to cut into pieces

3. Boxing, karate to hit (an opponent) with a short sharp blow

4. Brit, Austral & NZ informal to dispense with or reduce

5. Sport to hit (a ball) sharply downwards

Noun

1. a cutting blow

2. a slice of mutton, lamb, or pork, usually including a rib

3. Sport a sharp downward blow or stroke

4. the chop Slang dismissal from employment [variant of chap: see chapped]

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chop ²

Verb

[chopping, chopped]

1. chop and change to change one's mind repeatedly

2. chop logic to use excessively subtle or involved argument [Old English ceapian to barter]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chop - the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide); "the boat headed into the chop" physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
	2.	chop - a small cut of meat including part of a rib cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass mutton chop - chop cut from a mature sheep lamb chop, lamb-chop, lambchop - chop cut from a lamb porkchop - chop cut from a hog
	3.	chop - a jaw; "I'll hit him on the chops" jaw - the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
	4.	chop - a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball chop shot return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
	5.	chop - a grounder that bounces high in the air chopper ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper - (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
Verb	1.	chop - cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" chop up hash - chop up; "hash the potatoes" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" mince - cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic"
	2.	chop - move suddenly move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	3.	chop - form or shape by chopping; "chop a hole in the ground" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
	4.	chop - strike sharply, as in some sports strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
	5.	chop - cut with a hacking tool hack ax, axe - chop or split with an ax; "axe wood" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" chop down - cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree" chop off, lop off, cut off - remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" chop, chop up - cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
	6.	chop - hit sharply strike, hit - make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"

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chop

verb cut, fell, axe, slash, hack, sever, shear, cleave, hew, lop, truncate

chop something up cut up, divide, fragment, cube, dice, mince >> the chop Brit., Austral. (slang) the sack, sacking (informal) dismissal, the boot (slang) your cards (informal) the axe (informal) termination, the (old) heave-ho (informal) the order of the boot (slang)

Translations

chop [tʃɔp] vt [+ wood] → cortar, talar;

(CULIN) (also: chop up) → picar

n → tajo, golpe m cortante;

(CULIN) → chuleta;

chops npl (= jaws) → boca sg;

to get the chop (col) [project] → ser suprimido: [person] (= be sacked); ser despedido

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chop [tʃɔp] vt [+ wood] → couper (à la hache);

(Culin) (also: chop up) → couper (fin), émincer, hacher (en morceaux)

n → coup m (de hache, du tranchant de la main);

(Culin) → côtelette f;

to get the chop (Brit) (inf) [project] → tomber à l'eau: [person] (= be sacked); se faire renvoyer

chop down vt [+ tree] → abattre

chop off vt → trancher

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chop [tʃɔp] vt (wood) → hacken;

(also: chop up) (vegetables, fruit, meat) → klein schneiden

n → Kotelett nt;

chops (inf) npl (of animal) → Maul nt;

(of person) → Mund m;

to get the chop (Brit) (inf) (project) → dem Rotstift zum Opfer fallen;

(000) (000) (be sacked) → rausgeschmissen werden

chop down chop vt (tree) → fällen

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chop [tʃɔp] vt [+ wood] → spaccare;

(CULIN) (also: chop up) → tritare

n → colpo netto;

(CULIN) → costoletta;

to get the chop (BRIT ) (col) [project] → essere bocciato/a: [person] (= be sacked); essere licenziato/a see also chops

chop down vt [+ tree] → abbattere