Definitions for CHOP
tʃɒpchop

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chopnoun

   the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)

   "the boat headed into the chop"

2. chopnoun

   a small cut of meat including part of a rib

3. chopnoun

   a jaw

   "I'll hit him on the chops"

4. chop, chop shotnoun

   a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball

5. chop, chopperverb

   a grounder that bounces high in the air

6. chop, chop upverb

   cut into pieces

   "Chop wood"; "chop meat"

7. chopverb

   move suddenly

8. chopverb

   form or shape by chopping

   "chop a hole in the ground"

9. chopverb

   strike sharply, as in some sports

10. chop, hackverb

    cut with a hacking tool

11. chopverb

    hit sharply

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chopnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A piece chopped off. See Chip.

   Sir William Capel compounded for sixteen hundred pounds, yet Empson would have cut another chop out of him, if the king had not died. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   2. A small piece of meat, commonly of mutton.

   Old Cross condemns all persons to be fops,
   That can’t regale themselves with mutton chops. William King, Cook.

   3. A crack, or cleft.

   An infusion in water will make wood to swell; as we see in the filling of the chops of bowls, by laying them in water. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 80.

2. To CHOPverb

   Etymology: kappen, Dut. couper, French.] to buy.

   1. To cut with a quick blow.

   What shall we do, if we perceive
   Lord Hastings will not yield to our complots?
   ———— Chop off his head, man. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   Within these three days his head is to be chopt off. William Shakespeare.

   And where the cleaver chops the heifer’s spoil,
   Thy breathing nostril hold. John Gay, Trivia.

   2. To devour eagerly, with up.

   You are for making a hasty meal, and for chopping up your entertainment, like an hungry clown. John Dryden, Span. Fryar.

   Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopp’d up. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   3. To mince; to cut into small pieces.

   They break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot. Mic. iii. 3.

   Some grannaries are made with clay, mixed with hair, chopped straw, mulch, and such like. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   By dividing of them into chapters and verses, they are so chopped and minced, and stand so broken and divided, that the common people take the verses usually for different aphorisms. John Locke, St. Paul’s Epistles. Preface to.

   4. To break into chinks.

   I remember the cow’s dugs, that her pretty chopt hands had milked. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

3. To Chopverb

   Etymology: ceapan, Sax. koopen, Dut. to buy.

   1. To purchase generally by way of truck; to give one thing for another.

   The chopping of bargains, when a man buys, not to hold, but to sell again, grindeth upon the seller and the buyer. Francis Bacon.

   2. To put one thing in the place of another.

   Sets up communities and senses,
   To chop and change intelligencies. Hudib. p. iii. cant. 3.

   Affirm the Trigons chopp’d and chang’d,
   The watry with the fiery rang’d. Hudib. p. ii. cant. 3.

   We go on chopping and changing our friends, as well as our horses. Roger L'Estrange.

   3. To bandy; to altercate; to return one thing or word for another.

   Let not the council at the bar chop with the judge, nor wind himself into the handling of the cause a-new, after the judge hath declared his sentence. Francis Bacon, Essay 57.

   You’ll never leave off your chopping of logick, ’till your skin is turned over your ears for prating. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

4. To Chopverb

   1. To do any thing with a quick and unexpected motion, like that of a blow: as we say, the wind chops about, that is changes suddenly.

   If the body repercussing be near, and yet not so near as to make a concurrent echoe, it choppeth with you upon the sudden. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 248.

   Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. 6.

   2. To light or happen upon a thing suddenly, with upon.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chop

   To chop means to cut something into small pieces with repeated, often forceful, strikes using a knife, axe, or other sharp tools. It can also refer to reducing something abruptly or eliminating it. In computer terminology, chop might refer to removing unwanted parts or end from data or signals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chopverb

   to cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up

2. Chopverb

   to sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down

3. Chopverb

   to seize or devour greedily; -- with up

4. Chopverb

   to make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument

5. Chopverb

   to do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize

6. Chopverb

   to interrupt; -- with in or out

7. Chopverb

   to barter or truck

8. Chopverb

   to exchange; substitute one thing for another

9. Chopverb

   to purchase by way of truck

10. Chopverb

    to vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about

11. Chopverb

    to wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words

12. Chopnoun

    a change; a vicissitude

13. Chop

    to crack. See Chap, v. t. & i

14. Chopnoun

    the act of chopping; a stroke

15. Chopnoun

    a piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop

16. Chopnoun

    a crack or cleft. See Chap

17. Chopnoun

    a jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops

18. Chopnoun

    a movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise

19. Chopnoun

    the land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops

20. Chopnoun

    quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop

21. Chopnoun

    a permit or clearance

22. Etymology: [See Chap.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHOP

   CHOP is the acronym for a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. CHOP consists of: ⁕Cyclophosphamide, an alkylating agent which damages DNA by binding to it and causing cross-links ⁕Hydroxydaunorubicin, an intercalating agent which damages DNA by inserting itself between DNA bases ⁕Oncovin, which prevents cells from duplicating by binding to the protein tubulin ⁕Prednisone or prednisolone, which are corticosteroids.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chop

   chop, v.t. to cut with a sudden blow: to cut into small pieces: (Milton) to change: to exchange or barter: (Milton) to trade in: to bandy words.—v.i. to change about: to shift suddenly, as the wind.—n. a blow: a piece cut off: a slice of mutton or pork, containing a rib: a change: vicissitude.—ns. Chop′-house, a house where mutton-chops and beef-steaks are served: an eating-house; Chop′per, one who or that which chops: a cleaver; Chop′ping-knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat.—adj. Chop′py, full of chops or cracks: running in irregular waves—also Chop′ping.—Chop and change, to buy and sell: to change about; Chop at, to aim a blow at; Chop in, to break in, interrupt; Chop logic, to dispute in logical terms: to bandy words; Chop up, to cut into small pieces.—A chop-logic (Shak.), a contentious fellow. [A form of Chap.]

2. Chop

   chop, n. the chap or jaw, generally used in pl.: a person with fat cheeks: the mouth of anything, as a cannon.—adj. Chop′-fall′en, lit. having the chop or lower jaw fallen down: cast-down: dejected. [See Chap (3).]

3. Chop

   chop, n. in China and India, an official mark or seal: a license or passport which has been sealed. [Hind. chhāp, seal, impression.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHOP

   [IRC] See channel op.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chop

   A permit or license of departure for merchant ships in the China trade. A Chinese word signifying quality. Also, an imperial chop or mandate; a proclamation.

2. chop

   The entrance of a channel, as the Chops of the English Channel.

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1. CHOP

   What does CHOP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CHOP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHOP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chop is ranked #62045 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Chop surname appeared 323 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chop.
   
   83.5% or 270 total occurrences were White.
   4.9% or 16 total occurrences were Black.
   4.6% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
   4% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Cut
   • Jaw
   • Make
   • Move
   • Physical Phenomenon
   • Strike

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CHOP' in Verbs Frequency: #1104

How to pronounce CHOP?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say CHOP in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CHOP in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CHOP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of CHOP in a Sentence

1. Anne Quito:

   The gist of the story was : Maybe we've graduated from so-called' chop-suey fonts,' which originated in the early 19th century right as a pastiche of an unknown land, now we've arrived at a very kind of globalized state. We know each other, we know the Chinese as traditional but also modern, we have a more nuanced view of the world. So perhaps we can retire these fonts. Or maybe we can use them in conjunction with other typefaces.

2. Ronn Pearson:

   We have a really inspiring brand story that begins with people getting up early in the morning and coming in to chop vegetables and busting their butts to create a better food experience, we’re not standing on a soapbox saying, ‘This is health food.’ But we do have a different kind of consciousness from Food, Inc. and the Super Size Me world. We’re not doing this because it’s a trend, but because these are beliefs we hold dear.

3. Greg Universe:

   If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs.

4. Susan Shalabi:

   The worst [about women's football] is never said officially. It is whispered. You hear it as a joke. Women should not play football at all, it is too masculine for their bodies is number one on the list. I usually chop back with that if it is masculinity you want, then go play American football. Leave [soccer] football to the women.

5. Anderson Sr.:

   The only way I found out wasjust two of his friends, justtwo friends that just happenedto be up there and they came andtold me, they werent even from Seattle. Now, mind you, I havent heard -- thepolice department, they nevercame... LATEST CHOP SHOOTING KILLS TEEN, CRITICALLY WOUNDS 14-YEAR-OLD.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CHOP
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CHOP
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CHOP
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=CHOP
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CHOP
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Chop
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=CHOP
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html