Word: Chop
How to pronounce: ʧɒp
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife.
Example sentences: "They chopped up the pulpit for firewood"
2. Abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand.
Example sentences: "An effective chop to the back of the neck"
2. Dismissal from employment.
3. A thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib.
Example sentences: "He lived on liver or chops"
4. Crushed or ground grain used as animal feed.
Example sentences: "The pile of chop was dropped into the calves' feeder"
5. The broken motion of water, typically due to the action of the wind against the tide.
Example sentences: "We started our run into a two-foot chop"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A trademark; a brand of goods.
Verb
Definitions:
1. Eat.
Example sentences: "Come chop the soup I made for you"
2. Acquire (money) quickly or easily, typically by dishonest means.
Example sentences: "We're chopping money like we're just plucking it from a tree"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A small dish that can conveniently be eaten with the fingers, typically served as an appetizer.
Example sentences: "Wedding guests have come to expect a good selection of mouthwatering small chops"
Synonyms:
chop up
hew
break
cut
cut off
chop down
cutlet
rissole
patty
hack
mince
crumble
cleave
split
dice
slice
shred
clip
stab
prick
poke
slash
lash
sans serif
crack
minced
punch
thump
pound
bash
stroke
Derivations:
chopping
chopper
chopped
choppy
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Chop in Other Languages...
Spanish: Picar
German: Hacken
French: Hacher
Italian: Tritare
Turkish: Kesmek
