noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s. colloquial, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable

   "Chopsocky actioner with standard fight scenes and atrocious dubbing."

2. 2
   An individual film of this kind. countable

Example

More examples

"Chopsocky actioner with standard fight scenes and atrocious dubbing."

Etymology

Punningly from chop suey (“stir-fried vegetable dish”), chop (“fighting blow”), and sock (“punch”). Coined by Variety magazine.

Related phrases

hong kongmartial art

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