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Chop-chop

adv, intj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Quickly. not-comparable

    ""Well, more soon, more better; sendee chop chop," I told him."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with speed wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Used to urge someone to do something quickly.

    "(Singapore) chop-chop kalipok"

Noun
  1. 1
    Tobacco that is produced and sold without excise (tax), and therefore cheap and illegal. Australia, informal, uncountable

    "We are here today to try and do the impossible: to stop the chop chop industry."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). Recorded in English since the 1830s (see citations for adverb). Recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.

Etymology 2

From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). Recorded in English since the 1830s (see citations for adverb). Recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.

Etymology 3

From Chinese Pidgin English, from Cantonese 速速 (cuk1 cuk1, “quick”). Recorded in English since the 1830s (see citations for adverb). Recorded as a Chinese term in 1795.

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