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Webster 1913 Edition
Chop
Chop
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chopped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chopping
.] 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.
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
about3.
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
,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
. 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
. See Chop
or West Chop
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.
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.]