chop

Meaning

1. A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
2. A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
3. A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
4. Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
5. A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
6. (informal) Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
7. A woodchopping competition.
8. A crack or cleft; a chap.
9. Aircraft turbulence, "light chop".

cut

cut into pieces

chop shot

amputate

slit open

spread on

pare off

quiten

shoot dead

break apart

break into pieces

chop wood

cut firewood

cut into slices

cut wood

lop off

peck at

saw off

shave off

split in two

strike hard

cut apart

discoupling

break into parts

cut asunder

bang out

fine particles

cut of meat

tide rip

throw-out

trip-out

white cheese

sliced meat

shearing-off

key-off

short-crested wave

cut into

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɒp/

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”). Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.