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Webster 1913 Edition


Chop

Chop

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chopped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chopping
.]
[Cf. LG. & D.
kappen
, Dan.
kappe
, Sw.
kappa
. Cf.
Chap
to crack.]
1.
To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; – often with
up
.
2.
To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; – usually with off or down.
Chop
off your hand, and it to the king.
Shakespeare
3.
To seize or devour greedily; – with up.
[Obs.]
Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently
chopped
up.
L’estrange.

Chop

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
2.
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
Out of greediness to get both, he
chops
at the shadow, and loses the substance.
L'Estrange.
3.
To interrupt; – with in or out.
This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly
chopping
in.
Latimer.

Chop

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. D.
koopen
to buy. See
Cheapen
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Chap
,
Verb.
I.
, to buy.]
1.
To barter or truck.
2.
To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
We go on
chopping
and changing our friends.
L'Estrange.
To chop logic
,
to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.

Chop

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To purchase by way of truck.
2.
(Naut.)
To vary or shift suddenly;
as, the wind
chops
about
.
3.
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
Let not the counsel at the bar
chop
with the judge.
Bacon.

Chop

,
Noun.
A change; a vicissitude.
Marryat.

Chop

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To crack. See
Chap
,
Verb.
T.
&
I.

Chop

,
Noun.
1.
The act of chopping; a stroke.
2.
A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat;
as, a mutton
chop
.
3.
A crack or cleft. See
Chap
.

Chop

,
Noun.
[See
Chap
.]
1.
A jaw of an animal; – commonly in the
pl.
See
Chops
.
2.
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
3.
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel;
as, East
Chop
or West
Chop
. See
Chops
.

Chop

,
Noun.
[Chin. & Hind.
chāp
stamp, brand.]
1.
Quality; brand;
as, silk of the first
chop
.
2.
A permit or clearance.
Chop dollar
,
a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
chop of tea
,
a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf.
Chowchow chop
.
See under
Chowchow
.
Grand chop
,
a ship's port clearance.
S. W. Williams.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chop

CHOP

, v.t.
1.
To cut off or separate, by striking with a sharp instrument, either by a single blow or by repeated blows; as, to chop off a head; to chop wood.
2.
To cut into small pieces; to mince; as, to chop meat; to chop straw.
3.
To grand and mince with the teeth; to devour eagerly; with up; as, to chop up an entertainment.
4.
To break or open into chinks or fissures; to crack; to chap. [See Chap.]

CHOP

, v.i.
1.
To buy, or rather to barter, truck, exchange.
2.
To exchange; to put one thing in the place of another; as, to chop and change our friends.
3.
To bandy; to altercate; to return one word or thing for another.
Let not the council chop with the judge.

CHOP

,
Verb.
I.
To turn, vary, change or shift suddenly; as in the seamans phrase, the wind chops, or chops about. [The various senses of this verb seem to center in that of thrusting, driving, or a sudden motion or exertion of force.]

CHOP

, n.
1.
A piece chopped off; a small piece of meat; as a mutton chop.
2.
A crack or cleft. See Chap, which, with the broad sound of a, is often pronounced chap.
3.
The chap; the jaw; plu. The jaws; the mouth; the sides of a rivers mouth or channel. [See Chap.]

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