chop

B2
Pronunciation
/tʃɒp/
Noun
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

Example Sentences
  • I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.
2 Definition

A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.

Example Sentences
  • It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.
3 Definition

A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.

Example Sentences
  • A karate chop.
4 Definition

Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.

5 Definition

A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.

Example Sentences
  • With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.
6 Definition

(with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.

7 Definition

A woodchopping competition.

8 Definition

A crack or cleft; a chap.

9 Definition

A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

10 Definition

(chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.

11 Definition

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.

12 Definition

The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

Example Sentences
  • East Chop; West Chop
13 Definition

An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.

14 Definition

A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.

Example Sentences
  • silk of the first chop
15 Definition

A license or passport that has been sealed.

16 Definition

A complete shipment.

Example Sentences
  • a chop of tea
17 Definition

An IRC channel operator.

Verb
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

Example Sentences
  • chop wood; chop an onion
2 Definition

To sever with an axe or similar implement.

Example Sentences
  • Chop off his head.
3 Definition

To give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.

4 Definition

To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.

5 Definition

To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.

6 Definition

To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.

7 Definition

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

8 Definition

To interrupt; with in or out.

9 Definition

(Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).

10 Definition

To exchange, to barter; to swap.

11 Definition

To chap or crack.

12 Definition

To vary or shift suddenly.

Example Sentences
  • The wind chops about.
13 Definition

To twist words.

14 Definition

To converse, discuss, or speak with another.