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IPA: /tʃɒp/

Chop is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in chop (chop).

Definitions for chop

noun

1. an act or instance of chopping.
2. a cutting blow.
3. Boxing. a short blow, especially a downward one, executed while in a clinch.
4. a piece chopped off.
5. an individual cut or portion of meat, as mutton, lamb, veal, or pork, usually one containing a rib.
6. crushed or ground grain used as animal feed.
7. a short, irregular, broken motion of waves; choppiness:
8. rough, turbulent water, as of a sea or lake.
9. (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a chop stroke.
10. Usually, chops. the jaw.
11. chops. the oral cavity; mouth. Slang. the embouchure or technique necessary to play a wind instrument. Slang. musical ability on any instrument, especially in playing jazz or rock; technical virtuosity. Slang. the music or musical part played by an instrumentalist, especially a solo passage.
12. an entranceway, as into a body of water.
13. Horology. either of two pieces clasping the end of the suspension spring of a pendulum.
14. an official stamp or seal, or a permit or clearance, especially as formerly used in India and China.
15. a design, corresponding to a brand or trademark, stamped on goods to indicate their identity or quality.
16. the signature stamp of an artist, printmaker, etc., testifying to the authenticity of a work.
17. quality, class, or grade:

Idioms

1. chop / cut down to size. cut (def 89).
2. chop logic, to reason or dispute argumentatively; draw unnecessary distinctions.
3. bust one's chops, Slang. to exert oneself.
4. bust someone's chops, Slang. to annoy with nagging or criticism:
5. lick one's chops, to await with pleasure; anticipate; relish:

verb (used with object)

1. to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often followed by down, off, etc.):
2. to make or prepare for use by so cutting:
3. to cut in pieces; mince (often followed by up):
4. (in tennis, cricket, etc.) to hit (a ball) with a chop stroke.
5. to weed and thin out (growing cotton) with a hoe.
6. Fox Hunting. (of a hound or pack) to attack and kill (a fox that has not begun to run).

verb (used without object)

1. to make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, as with an ax.
2. Boxing. to throw or deliver a short blow, especially a downward one while in a clinch.
3. (in tennis, cricket, etc.) to employ or deliver a chop stroke.
4. to go, come, or move suddenly or violently.
5. to turn, shift, or change suddenly:
6. to vacillate; change one's mind.
7. Obsolete. to barter. to bandy words; argue.

Origin of chop

1350-1400; Middle English choppen; variant of chap¹

Examples for chop

Then chop a half-pint of oysters, and beat six eggs very well.

Mash or chop the berries, as preferred, and add the sugar to them.

Drain it, cut the leaves from the stalks, and chop them fine.

Kate may chop her hair in advance of Australia visit next month.

The nation that once revered him threatened to chop him up and fry him into calamari.

Cook them until they are quite soft, and then chop them or mash them.

He says he can chop about three an hour, and two face cords translates to 36 barrels.

Peel it, chop it, steam or boil it and turn it into muffins, or pie, or biscuits or a curry or soup.

chop the yolks of all, and the whites of two, and stir them into melted butter.

But, in theory, the minute she announces, unauthorized PACs, whether pro- or anti-, will need to chop her name from their titles.