Definition of Chop

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Definition of Chop

Chop

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

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

To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.

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

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

To interrupt; -- with in or out.

To barter or truck.

To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

To purchase by way of truck.

To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

A change; a vicissitude.

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

The act of chopping; a stroke.

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

A crack or cleft. See Chap.

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

A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

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

Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

A permit or clearance.

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Chop Quotations

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.
Abraham Lincoln

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.
Henry Miller

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
Aldo Leopold

So he said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and put it in a library.' I thought 'That's a turn-up for the books.'
Tommy Cooper

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
Auguste Rodin

It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come.
Suzanne Fields

Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy.
Delia Smith

Salt is a preservative. It really holds flavor. For example, if you chop up some fresh herbs, or even just garlic, the salt will extract the moisture and preserve the flavor.
Sally Schneider

Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.
Arthur Baer

Chop Translations

chop in Dutch is fijnhakken
chop in Finnish is hakata
chop in French is hacher
chop in German is hacken, abhacken, abhacken, Kotelett
chop in Italian is tritare, costoletta
chop in Norwegian is hogge
chop in Spanish is picotear
chop in Swedish is kotlett, kotlett, hugga, hugg

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