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Chop
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- 1 Acronym of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"[…] said study co-leader William H. Peranteau, MD, a pediatric and fetal surgeon in CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment."
- 2 A city in Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.
- 3 Acronym of Capitol Hill Occupied Protest. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
- 1 A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. countable, uncountable
"I only like lamb chops with mint jelly."
- 2 A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- 3 A jaw of an animal. in-plural
- 4 A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods. Brunei, Hong-Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial
- 5 An IRC channel operator. Internet
"IRC supports mechanisms for the enforcement of acceptable behaviour on IRC. Channel operators — "chanops" or "chops" — have access to the /kick command, which throws a specified user out of the given channel."
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- 6 To fly a helicopter or be flown in a helicopter. informal
"We chopped back to the base."
- 7 a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin (also called doxorubicin or adriamycin), Oncovin (vincristine) and Prednisone or Prednisolone abbreviation, acronym, uncountable
- 8 a grounder that bounces high in the air wordnet
- 9 A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement. countable, uncountable
"It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling."
- 10 A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- 11 The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, broadly, colloquial
- 12 Acronym of change of operational control. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 13 a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball wordnet
- 14 A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched. countable, uncountable
"A karate chop."
- 15 The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
"East Chop"
- 16 A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
"silk of the first chop"
- 17 a jaw wordnet
- 18 Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long. countable, uncountable
- 19 A licence or passport that has been sealed.
- 20 a small cut of meat including part of a rib wordnet
- 21 A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them. countable, uncountable
"With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop."
- 22 A complete shipment.
"a chop of tea"
- 23 the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide) wordnet
- 24 Termination, especially from employment; the sack. countable, informal, uncountable, with-definite-article
- 25 A woodchopping competition. Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
"E, C. McsEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds[.]"
- 26 A crack or cleft; a chap. countable, dated, uncountable
- 27 Aircraft turbulence. uncountable
- 28 Cocaine. UK, countable, slang, uncountable
- 29 A knife, especially one used as a weapon. Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable
"It's peak when the mandem spotty I gonna need more than a dot-dot Capisce, got a problem for swinging this chop?"
- 1 To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. transitive
"chop wood; chop an onion"
- 2 To exchange, to barter; to swap. obsolete
"this is not to put down Prelaty, this is but to chop an Episcopacy; this is but to translate the Palace Metropolitan from one kind of dominion into another, this is but an old canonicall sleight of commuting our penance."
- 3 To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity. Brunei, Hong-Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial, transitive
- 4 hit sharply wordnet
- 5 To sever with an axe or similar implement. transitive
"Chop off his head."
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- 6 To chap or crack.
- 7 To seal a licence or passport.
- 8 cut with a hacking tool wordnet
- 9 To separate or divide. figuratively, transitive
"We should chop off some of that department's budget."
- 10 To vary or shift suddenly.
"The wind chops about."
- 11 cut into pieces with repeated blows wordnet
- 12 to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand. transitive
- 13 To twist words. obsolete
"Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge."
- 14 strike sharply, as in some sports wordnet
- 15 To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce. transitive
- 16 To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- 17 form or shape by chopping wordnet
- 18 To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- 19 move suddenly wordnet
- 20 To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax. intransitive
- 21 To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. intransitive
"Out of a Greediness to get both, he Chops at the Shadow, and Loses the Substance."
- 22 To interrupt; with in or out. intransitive
"This fellow […]interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in."
- 23 To stab. Hong-Kong, transitive
"A man had chopped a Sanitary Department coolie to death after an argument about money, Supreme Court was told today."
- 24 To remove the final character from (a text string). transitive
- 25 To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine. slang, transitive
"He chopped out a fat line."
- 26 To have sex with. slang, transitive
"One of my bredrins is saying, what's the oldest ting he can chop?"
Etymology
From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”). Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.
From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”). Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.
Uncertain, perhaps a variant of chap (“cheap”). Compare Middle English copen (“to buy”), Dutch kopen (“to buy”).
Uncertain, perhaps a variant of chap (“cheap”). Compare Middle English copen (“to buy”), Dutch kopen (“to buy”).
From Middle English choppe (“jaw, jawbone”), related to Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”). Perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.
Borrowed from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”). Closely related to the similarly descended Malay word cap, which likely reinforced the English usage within the Malay world.
Borrowed from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”). Closely related to the similarly descended Malay word cap, which likely reinforced the English usage within the Malay world.
Shortening.
Shortening of chopper.
Derived from Ukrainian Чоп (Čop)
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