CHOPPED

chopped, shredded, sliced

(adjective) prepared by cutting; “sliced tomatoes”; “sliced ham”; “chopped clams”; “chopped meat”; “shredded cabbage”

CHOP

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


Adjective

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.

Verb

chopped

simple past tense and past participle of chop

Source: Wiktionary


CHOP

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



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