Chop(n.) The act of chopping; a stroke.
Chop(n.) A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
Chop(n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap.
Chop(n.) A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
Chop(n.) A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
Chop(n.) The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
Chop(n.) Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
Chop(n.) A permit or clearance.
Chop(n.) A change; a vicissitude.
Chop(v. i.) To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
Chop(v. i.) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
Chop(v. i.) To interrupt; -- with in or out.
Chop(v. i.) To barter or truck.
Chop(v. i.) To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
Chop(v. i.) To purchase by way of truck.
Chop(v. i.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
Chop(v. i.) To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
Chop(v. t.) To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
Chop(v. t.) To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
Chop(v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
Chop(v. t. & i.) To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
Chopness(n.) A kind of spade.
Chopped(imp. & p. p.) of Chop
Chopping(a.) Stout or plump; large.
Chopping(a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
Chopping(n.) Act of cutting by strokes.
Chopping(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chop
Chops(n. pl.) The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.
Chops(n. pl.) The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.
Words within choppings