1. to cut into or sever usually by repeated blows of a sharp instrument
2. to cut into pieces —often used with up
chop up an onion
3. to weed and thin out (young cotton)
4. to cut as if by chopping
chop prices a bridge chops the lake in two
5. to strike (something, such as a ball) with a short quick downward stroke
6. to subject to the action of a chopper
chop a beam of light
7. to make a quick stroke or repeated strokes with or as if with a sharp instrument (such as an ax)
8. to move or act suddenly or violently
9. a forceful usually slanting blow with or as if with an ax or cleaver
10. a sharp downward blow or stroke
11. a small cut of meat often including part of a rib — see lamb illustration
12. a mark made by or as if by chopping
13. material that has been chopped up
14. a short abrupt motion (as of a wave)
15. a stretch of choppy sea
16. chopper sense 6
17. abrupt elimination or removal (as from a job)
it is the very top men who have got the chop
— Daily Mirror
18. to change direction
19. to veer with or as if with wind
20. to argue with sophistical reasoning and minute distinctions
21. a seal or official stamp or its impression
22. a license validated by a seal
23. a mark on goods or coins to indicate nature or quality
24. a kind, brand, or lot of goods bearing the same chop
25. quality, grade
of the first chop
26. to cut by striking especially over and over with something sharp
Chop down the tree with an ax.
27. to cut into small pieces mince
chop onions
28. a sharp downward blow or stroke (as with an ax)
29. a small cut of meat often including a part of a rib
a pork chop