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Definition chop

Etymology 1

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Danish kappe (“to cut, lop off, poll”), Swedish kapa (“to cut”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *?ippian (in for?ippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.

Noun

chop (plural chops)

1. A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
2. A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
3. (martial arts) 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.
5. (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
6. (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment.
7. (dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.

Verb

chop (third-person singular simple present chops, present participle chopping, simple past and past participle chopped)

1. (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
2. (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
3. (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
4. (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
5. (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
6. (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
7. (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
8. (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
9. (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of chap (“cheap”). Compare Middle English copen (“to buy”), Dutch kopen (“to buy”).

Verb

chop (third-person singular simple present chops, present participle chopping, simple past and past participle chopped)

1. (obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
2. To chap or crack.
3. (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
4. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

Noun

chop (plural chops)

1. A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

Etymology 3

Perhaps a variant of chap (“jaw”). Compare also Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”).

Noun

chop (plural chops)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (ch?p, “stamp”)

Noun

chop (plural chops)

1. An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.
2. A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
3. A license or passport that has been sealed.

Etymology 5

Shortening.

Noun

chop (plural chops)

1. (Internet) An IRC channel operator.

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