Chop: English to English |
Chop (n.) A change; a vicissitude. |
Chop (n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap. |
Chop (n.) A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops. |
Chop (n.) A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise. |
Chop (n.) A permit or clearance. |
Chop (n.) A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop. |
Chop (n.) Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. |
Chop (n.) The act of chopping; a stroke. |
Chop (n.) The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops. |
Chop (v. i.) To barter or truck. |
Chop (v. i.) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. |
Chop (v. i.) To exchange; substitute one thing for another. |
Chop (v. i.) To interrupt; -- with in or out. |
Chop (v. i.) To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument. |
Chop (v. i.) To purchase by way of truck. |
Chop (v. i.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about. |
Chop (v. i.) To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. |
Chop (v. t. & i.) To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i. |
Chop (v. t.) To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up. |
Chop (v. t.) To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. |
Chop (v. t.) To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down. |