Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, v. i.
1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or
other sharp instrument.
2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to
catch or attempt to seize.
Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the
shadow, and loses the substance. --L'Estrange.
3. To interrupt; -- with in or out.
This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly
chopping in. --Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chopping}.] [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf.
{Chap} to crack.]
1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to
cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See {Cheapen}, v. t.,
and cf. {Chap}, v. i., to buy.]
1. To barter or truck.
2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
We go on chopping and changing our friends.
--L'Estrange.
{To chop logic}, to dispute with an affected use of logical
terms; to argue sophistically.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, v. i.
1. To purchase by way of truck.
2. (Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops
about.
3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.
--Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, n.
A change; a vicissitude. --Marryat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, v. t. & i.
To crack. See {Chap}, v. t. & i.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, n.
1. The act of chopping; a stroke.
2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of
meat; as, a mutton chop.
3. A crack or cleft. See {Chap}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, n. [See {Chap}.]
1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See {Chops}.
2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or
channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See {Chops}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[=a]p stamp, brand.]
1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
2. A permit or clearance.
{Chop dollar}, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
{chop of tea}, a number of boxes of the same make and quality
of leaf.
{Chowchow chop}. See under {Chowchow}.
{Grand chop}, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chop
n 1: a small cut of meat including part of a rib
2: a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts
backspin on the ball [syn: {chop shot}]
3: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: {chopper}]
v 1: cut into pieces; "Chop wood" [syn: {chop up}]
2: move suddenly
3: strike sharply, as in some sports
4: cut with a tool [syn: {hack}]
5: hit sharply
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