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Chop   /tʃɑp/   Listen
Chop

noun
1.
The irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide).
2.
A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
3.
A jaw.
4.
A tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball.  Synonym: chop shot.
5.
A grounder that bounces high in the air.  Synonym: chopper.
verb
(past & past part. chopped; pres. part. chopping)
1.
Cut into pieces.  Synonym: chop up.  "Chop meat"
2.
Move suddenly.
3.
Form or shape by chopping.
4.
Strike sharply, as in some sports.
5.
Cut with a hacking tool.  Synonym: hack.
6.
Hit sharply.



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"Chop" Quotes from Famous Books



... chop into small pieces, and stew in the water for 2 hours. Strain. Wash the sago, add it to the clear liquid, and cook for ...
— The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d ed. • Florence Daniel
... return, Stanislaus had eaten more than half his chop, and discovered that, after all, "it was not just the ting." Mrs Jehu entreated him to try another. He declined at first; but at length suffered himself to be persuaded. Four chops had graced the ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXIX. - March, 1843, Vol. LIII. • Various
... his wife at breakfast; Ada, all curls, in a white frock with blue ribbons, was eating a mutton chop. Varvara Pavlovna immediately rose, as soon as Lavretzky entered the room, and approached him, with humility depicted on her face. He requested her to follow him to his study, locked the door behind him, and began to ...
— A Nobleman's Nest • Ivan Turgenieff
... party. He was not softened by Miss Corson's glowing beauty, nor impressed by the United States Senator's dignity, nor won by the charming smile of Miss Corson's well-favored squire, nor daunted by the inquiring scowl of a pompous man whose mutton-chop whiskers mingled with the beaver fur about his neck; a stranger who was patently prosperous ...
— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day
... ragging and the roses and the rum— Delete the drink, or better, chop the booze! Go buy a skein of yarn and make the knitting needles hum, And imitate ...
— Something Else Again • Franklin P. Adams


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