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
chopping
present participle of chop
chopping (plural choppings)
The action by which something is chopped.
chopping (comparative more chopping, superlative most chopping)
Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
(obsolete) stout; large; plump
Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child […]
Source: Wiktionary
Chop"ping, a. Etym: [Cf. Chubby.]
Definition: Stout or plump; large. [Obs.] Fenton.
Chop"ping, a. Etym: [See Chop to barter.]
Definition: Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
Chop"ping, n.
Definition: Act of cutting by strokes. Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc.
– Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.
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
19 January 2025
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
