CHOPS

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Noun

chops pl (plural only)

plural of chop

(slang) Jaws, mouth.

(plurale tantum, slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery (originally of jazz); musical performance ability.

(plurale tantum, informal) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.

(plurale tantum, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.

(plurale tantum, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.

Verb

chops

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chop

Etymology 2

Verb

chops (third-person singular simple present chopses, present participle chopsing, simple past and past participle chopsed)

(slang, UK regional) To talk, chat; also, to talk back, to be cheeky.

Source: Wiktionary

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Chops, n. pl. Etym: [See Chop a jaw.]

1. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.

2. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.

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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