chop
//t͡ʃɒp//
Forms
- Plural
- chops
- present (v1)
- chop
- past (v2)
- chopped
- past participle (v3)
- chopped
- present participle
- chopping
- 3rd person singular
- chops
Definitions
1.A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
- I was standing at the meat counter, waiting for some rib lamb chops to be cut.
- Of the two fried chops served him for breakfast he ate one and gave Edmund the other, and put a buttered sandwich of bread in his pocket against the accidents of travel.
2.A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
- It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.
3.A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
4.Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
1.To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
2.To sever with an axe or similar implement.
3.To separate or divide.
- We should chop off some of that department's budget.
4.to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4836
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”).