The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
chopped, shredded, sliced
(adjective) prepared by cutting; “sliced tomatoes”; “sliced ham”; “chopped clams”; “chopped meat”; “shredded cabbage”
chop
(verb) hit sharply
chop, hack
(verb) cut with a hacking tool
chop, chop up
(verb) cut into pieces; “Chop wood”; “chop meat”
chop
(verb) strike sharply, as in some sports
chop
(verb) form or shape by chopping; “chop a hole in the ground”
chop
(verb) move suddenly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chopped (comparative more chopped, superlative most chopped)
Cut or diced into small pieces.
(chiefly, of meat) Ground, having been processed by grinding.
(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.
(slang) High on drugs.
(slang) Fired from a job or cut from a team or training program; having got the chop.
chopped
simple past tense and past participle of chop
Source: Wiktionary
Chop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.] Etym: [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, v. 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, v. t. Etym: [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. Chap, v. 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, v. i.
1. To purchase by way of truck.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: 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, n.
Definition: A change; a vicissitude. Marryat.
Chop, v. t. & i.
Definition: To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
Chop, n.
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, n. Etym: [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, n. Etym: [Chin. & Hind. chap 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.