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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



... average Englishman or American. His stout figure, clad in an ill-cut suit of evening clothes, recalled rather a Gavarni caricature than a dapper modern official, the more so that his round, fleshy face was framed in the carefully trimmed mutton-chop whiskers which remain a distinguishing mark of the more old-fashioned members of the Parisian Bar. The red button, signifying that its wearer is an officer of the Legion of Honour, was exceptionally small and unobtrusive. Vanderlyn was well aware ...
— The Uttermost Farthing • Marie Belloc Lowndes
... either hand foaming to her quarters, and her rigging querulous with the wind. Had the Frenchman been alive to steer the ship, I might have found strength enough for my hands in the vigour of my spirit to get the spritsail yard square and chop its canvas loose—nay, I might have achieved more than that even; but I could not quit the tiller now. I reckoned our speed at about four miles an hour, as fast as a hearty man could walk. The high stern, narrow as it was, helped us; it was like a mizzen ...
— The Frozen Pirate • W. Clark Russell
... afford a curate, my dear," said Mr Allaby to his wife when the pair were discussing what was next to be done. "It will be better to get some young man to come and help me for a time upon a Sunday. A guinea a Sunday will do this, and we can chop and change till we get someone who suits." So it was settled that Mr Allaby's health was not so strong as it had been, and that he stood in need of help in the ...
— The Way of All Flesh • Samuel Butler
... been kin' till him as weel 's ither blin' craturs. The toon's pipin' 's no to be despised; an' there's the cryin', an' the chop, an' the lamps. 'Deed he's been an eident (diligent) cratur—an' for a blin' man, as ye say, it's ...
— Malcolm • George MacDonald
... Mirabeau" possesses scarcely less attraction; but of this you will find, in Mr. Bulwer's "Autobiography of Pelham," a faithful and complete account. "Lawson's Hotel" has likewise its merits, as also the "Hotel de Lille," which may be described as a "second chop" Meurice. ...
— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray


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