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Chop

Chop (chop)
v. t.(?)
Chop
[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.
    Shak.

  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

Chop (chop)
v. i.(?)
Chop
  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

Chop (chop)
v. t.
Chop
  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

Chop (chop)
v. i.
Chop
  1. To purchase by way of truck.
  2. 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

Chop (chop)
n.
Chop
  1. A change; a vicissitude.
    Marryat.

Chop

Chop (chop)
v. t. *** i.
Chop
  1. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

Chop

Chop (chop)
n.
Chop
  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

Chop (chop)
n.
Chop
  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

Chop (chop)
n.
Chop
  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.













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