chops

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (form-of, plural, plural-only) plural of chop
2. (plural, plural-only, slang) Jaws, lips, mouth.
3. (plural, plural-only) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
4. (broadly, informal, plural, plural-only) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.
5. (plural, plural-only) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
6. (plural, plural-only) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
7. (Australia, Nigeria, plural, plural-only, slang) Food.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of chop

Verb

Alternative form of chopse.

chop

• Noun
• Verb
• Verb
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Lees verder

Concepten

smoel

Synoniemen

gate

jaw

jaws

ribs

yap

Vertalingen

basette

Kotelett

côtelette

costeleta

chuleta

لحم الضلع

braciole

costae

coste

babina

potarra

القطع

patillas

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/t͡ʃɑps/

Etymologie (Engels)

From the plural of chop (“jaw, side of a harbour”). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.