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chop hcop cohp ochp hocp ohcp chpo hcpo cpho pcho hpco phco coph ocph cpoh pcoh opch poch hopc ohpc hpoc phoc ophc pohc

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Definitions and meaning of chop

chop

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: chŏp, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɒp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑp/
• Hyphenation: chop
• Rhymes: -ɒp

Etymology 1

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic. Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.

Noun

chop (plural chops)

2. A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
3. A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.

4. (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.

5. Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
6. (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.

7. (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
8. (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.
9. (dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:chop.

Synonyms

• (dismissal, especially from employment (informal)): axe, pink slip, sack

Descendants

• → Japanese: チョップ

Translations

Verb

chop (third-person singular simple present chops, present participle chopping, simple past and past participle chopped)

1. (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

   chop wood; chop an onion

2. (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.

   Chop off his head.

3. (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
4. (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
5. (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
6. (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
7. (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
8. (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
9. (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.
10. (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).

    Coordinate term: chomp

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Uncertain, perhaps a variant of chap (“cheap”). Compare Middle English copen (“to buy”), Dutch kopen (“to buy”).

Verb

chop (third-person singular simple present chops, present participle chopping, simple past and past participle chopped)

1. (obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
2. To chap or crack.
3. (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.

   The wind chops about.

4. (obsolete) To twist words.
5. To converse, discuss, or speak with another.

Noun

chop (plural chops)

1. A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.

Derived terms

• chop and change
• chops and changes

Etymology 3

From Middle English choppe (“jaw, jawbone”), related to Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”).

Alternative forms

• chap

Noun

chop (plural chops)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
4. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

   East Chop

   West Chop

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”). Closely related to the similarly descended Malay word cap, which likely reinforced the English usage within the Malay world.

Noun

chop (plural chops)

2. (colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods. [from 19th c.]
3. (colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
4. A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.

   silk of the first chop

5. A license or passport that has been sealed.
6. A complete shipment.

   a chop of tea

Descendants

• → Cantonese: chop (cop1)
• → Macanese: chop

Verb

chop (third-person singular simple present chops, present participle chopping, simple past and past participle chopped)

1. (transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity. [from 19th c.]
2. To seal a license or passport.

Derived terms

• chop dollar
• grand chop
• not much chop

References

• Lisa Lim (2016 July 28) “Where does the word 'chop' come from?”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1]

Etymology 5

Shortening.

Noun

chop (plural chops)

1. (Internet) An IRC channel operator.

Synonyms

• chanop
• op

See also

• chop chop
• chop suey

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 戳

Etymology

From English chop.

Pronunciation

Noun

chop

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) chop (stamp; seal) (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   郵chop／邮chop [Cantonese]  ―  jau⁴ cop¹ [Jyutping]  ―  postal seal

Verb

chop

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to stamp; to seal

Macanese

Alternative forms

• (possibly dated) chope

Etymology

Borrowed from English chop, ultimately from Hindi छाप (chāp, “stamp”). Most likely also influenced by Cantonese chop. Sense 2 derives from the absent professor being recorded with a stamp, i.e. a chop, in a register.

Noun

chop

1. official licence
2. (slang) an absent professor or teacher

   Hoze nôs têm chop di matemática. (“Today our maths prof wasn't here. // 今天我們數學老師沒來。// Hoje o nosso profe de matemática estava ausente.”)

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “chope”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 404
• www.macaneselibrary.org‎^[2], 2024 March 6 (last accessed)

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

chop

1. eat
2. spend

Silesian

Alternative forms

• chłop (Southern Silesian)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish chłop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔp
• Syllabification: chop

Noun

chop m pers

1. man, male
2. husband

   Synonym: mōnż

3. snowman

   Synonym: śniygulŏk

Declension

Further reading

• chop_chlop in dykcjonorz.eu
• chop in silling.org
• Bogdan Kallus (2020) “chop”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 260
• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “chop”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski‎^[3], page 114
• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “chop”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 55

Source: wiktionary.org