chopped

chop ¹

 (chŏp)

v. chopped, chop·ping, chops

v.tr.

1.

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

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

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

d. To reduce abruptly or by a large amount: chopped off his sentence midway; are going to chop expenses.

2. Sports To hit or swing at (a pitched ball) with a short 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

 (chŏp)

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 cēapian, from cēap, bargain, trade; see cheap.]

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chop ³

 (chŏp)

n.

1. The official stamp or seal of a government, company, or individual, especially in China.

2. Quality; class: first chop.

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[Hindi chāp, seal.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

chopped - prepared by cutting; "sliced tomatoes"; "sliced ham"; "chopped clams"; "chopped meat"; "shredded cabbage" shredded, sliced cut - separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"