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Definitions for Chops

[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.): to chop down a tree.
[2] to make or prepare for use by so cutting: to chop logs.
[3] to cut in pieces; mince (often followed by up ): to chop up an onion; to chop meat.
[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).
[7] to make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, as with an ax.
[8] Boxing . to throw or deliver a short blow, especially a downward one while in a clinch.
[9] (in tennis, cricket, etc.) to employ or deliver a chop stroke.
[10] to go, come, or move suddenly or violently.
[11] an act or instance of chopping.
[12] a cutting blow.
[13] Boxing . a short blow, especially a downward one, executed while in a clinch.
[14] a piece chopped off.
[15] an individual cut or portion of meat, as mutton, lamb, veal, or pork, usually one containing a rib.
[16] crushed or ground grain used as animal feed.
[17] a short, irregular, broken motion of waves; choppiness: There's too much chop for rowing today.
[18] rough, turbulent water, as of a sea or lake.
[19] (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a chop stroke.
[20] chop /cut down to size . cut(def 89) .
[21] to turn, shift, or change suddenly: The wind chopped to the west.
[22] to vacillate; change one's mind.
[23] Obsolete . to barter. to bandy words; argue.
[24] Usually chops. the jaw.
[25] 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.
[26] an entranceway, as into a body of water.
[27] Horology . either of two pieces clasping the end of the suspension spring of a pendulum.
[28] an official stamp or seal, or a permit or clearance, especially as formerly used in India and China.
[29] a design, corresponding to a brand or trademark, stamped on goods to indicate their identity or quality.
[30] the signature stamp of an artist, printmaker, etc., testifying to the authenticity of a work.
[31] quality, class, or grade: a musician of the first chop.
[32] the jaws or cheeks; jowls
[33] the mouth
[34] slang music embouchure jazz skill
[35] lick one's chops informal to anticipate with pleasure
[36] (often foll by down or off ) to cut (something) with a blow from an axe or other sharp tool
[37] (tr) to produce or make in this manner to chop firewood
[38] (tr often foll by up ) to cut into pieces
[39] (tr) British informal to dispense with or reduce
[40] (intr) to move quickly or violently
[41] sport to hit (a ball) sharply downwards
[42] boxing martial arts to punch or strike (an opponent) with a short sharp blow
[43] Western African an informal word for eat
[44] a cutting blow
[45] the act or an instance of chopping
[46] a piece chopped off
[47] a slice of mutton, lamb, or pork, generally including a rib
[48] Australian and NZ slang a share (esp in the phrase get or hop in for one's chop )
[49] Western African an informal word for food
[50] Australian and NZ a competition of skill and speed in chopping logs
[51] sport a sharp downward blow or stroke
[52] not much chop Australian and NZ informal not much good; poor
[53] the chop slang dismissal from employment
[54] (intr) to change direction suddenly; vacillate (esp in the phrase chop and change )
[55] obsolete to barter
[56] chop logic to use excessively subtle or involved logic or argument
[57] a design stamped on goods as a trademark, esp in the Far East

Words related to Chops

chopcleave, cube, divide, mince, slash, hack, whack, hew, hash, clip, fragment, mangle, lop, fell, shear, truncate, sever, dice, axe, hackle

Words nearby Chops

chopchoon, choora, choose, choose up, choosy, chop, chop chop, chop mark, chop shop, chop stroke, chop suey

Origin of Chops

4First recorded in 1605–15, chop is from the Hindi word chāp impression, stamp

Word origin for Chops

C17: from Hindi chhāp

Synonyms for Chops

cleave, cube, divide, hack, mince, slash, whack, axe, clip, dice, fell, fragment, hackle, hash, hew, lop, mangle, sever, shear, truncate