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   chop

   /tʃɒp/

   verb

   • 1. cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife: "they chopped up the pulpit for firewood" Similar cut upcut into pieceschop upcubedicemincehashchop upcut upcut into pieceshewsplitcleave
   • ▪ remove something by cutting: "they chopped off all her hair" Similar severcut offhack offslice offlop offsaw offshear offremovetake offarchaic:sunderrare:dissever
   • ▪ cut through the base of (a tree or similar plant) with blows from an axe or other implement, in order to fell it: "the boy chopped down eight trees" Similar cut downfellbring downhack downsaw down
   • ▪ strike (something) with a short heavy blow, as if cutting at something: "Benson chopped the ball on to the stumps"
   • 2. abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless: "their training courses are to be chopped" Similar reduce drasticallycutabolishscrapinformal:axeslash

   noun

   • 1. a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand: "an effective chop to the back of the neck"
   • 2. dismissal from employment: "hundreds more workers have been given the chop"
   • ▪ cancellation or abolition: "all these projects are destined for the chop"
   • ▪ the action of killing someone or the fact of being killed: "seven men we all knew had got the chop"
   • 3. a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib: "he lived on liver or chops"
   • 4. a person's share of something. informal Australian, New Zealand
   • 5. crushed or ground grain used as animal feed: North American "the pile of chop was dropped into the calves' feeder"
   • 6. the broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide: "we started our run into a two-foot chop"

   Word Origin late Middle English: variant of chap1.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   A chop is a piece of something that has been chopped off of something else. This sense often refers to a slice or cut of meat. Real-life examples : Most grocery stores sell pork chops and lamb chops.

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   A chop is a small piece of meat cut from the ribs of a sheep or pig. ...grilled lamb chops. 3. See chop and change. 4. See be for the chop/get the chop. Phrasal verbs: See chop down. See chop off. See chop up. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. © Chiyacat, Shutterstock. British English pronunciation

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb chop, which can mean to cut something into pieces, to stop providing something, or to hit something downwards. See examples, synonyms, idioms and related words.