Chop Definition

chŏp
chopped, chopping, chops
verb
chopped, chopping, chops
To cut or make by blows with an ax or other sharp tool.
To chop down a tree; to chop a hole.
Webster's New World
To shape or form by chopping.
Chop a hole in the ice.
American Heritage
To do something with a quick, sharp, or jerky motion.
Webster's New World
To shift or veer suddenly, as the wind; change direction.
Webster's New World
To cut into pieces, often, specif., small pieces.
Chop up the onions, chopped sirloin.
Webster's New World
noun
chops
The act of chopping.
Webster's New World
A swift, short, cutting blow or stroke.
American Heritage
A short, sharp downward blow or stroke.
Webster's New World
A piece chopped off.
Webster's New World
A slice of lamb, pork, etc. cut, along with a piece of bone, from the rib, loin, or shoulder.
Webster's New World
idiom
chop logic
  • to argue, esp. in a hairsplitting way
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chop

Noun

Singular:
chop
Plural:
chops

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Chop

Origin of Chop

  • Middle English choppen, variant of chappen (“to chop”). Akin to Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), Middle Low German koppen (“to cut off, lop, poll”), Danish kappe (“to cut, lop off, poll”), Swedish kapa (“to cut”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *cippian (only attested in compounds). More at chip.

    From Wiktionary

  • Obsolete to exchange from Middle English choppen to barter, bargain variant of chapen from Old English cēapian from cēap bargain, trade cheap

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English choppen probably variant of chappen to split chap1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of chap.

    From Wiktionary

  • Hindi छाप (ćhāp, “stamp”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Hindi chāp seal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Shortening.

    From Wiktionary

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