Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word CHOP

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Definitions of CHOP

1. A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
2. Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
3. To chap or crack.
4. To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
5. A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
6. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
7. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
8. A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
9. A complete shipment.
10. (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
11. (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
12. (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
13. (AU, NZ) A woodchopping competition.
14. (dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.
15. (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
16. (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
17. (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
18. (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
19. (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
20. (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
21. (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
22. (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
23. (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.
24. (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
25. (obsolete) To exchange, to barter; to swap.
26. (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
27. (obsolete) To twist words.
28. (mostly, in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
29. (colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods. [from 19th c.]
30. (colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
31. (transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity. [from 19th c.]
32. (internet) An IRC channel operator.
33. (uncountable, acronym) a chemotherapy regimen used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin (also called doxorubicin or adriamycin), Oncovin (vincristine) and Prednisone or Prednisolone
34. (military) Acronym of change of operational control.
35. Acronym of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
36. (historical) Acronym of Capitol Hill Occupied Protest.
37. A city in Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia, Ukraine
38. (uncountable) Aircraft turbulence.
39. A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
40. (MLE, slang) A knife, especially one used as a weapon.
41. (transitive, figurative) To separate or divide.
42. (slang, transitive) To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine.
43. A licence or passport that has been sealed.
44. To seal a licence or passport.
45. (informal) To fly a helicopter or be flown in a helicopter.

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Examples of Using CHOP in a Sentence

• In computer science, binary search, also known as half-interval search, logarithmic search, or binary chop, is a search algorithm that finds the position of a target value within a sorted array.
• Described as a "cosmological epic" and "creation myth" (particularly the Prelude), Dog Star Man illustrates the odyssey of a bearded woodsman (Brakhage) climbing through a snow-covered mountain with his dog to chop down a tree.
• In woodworking the term "circular saw" refers specifically to the hand-held type and the table saw and chop saw are other common forms of circular saws.
• Ronald "Gun" Ficklin, former mayor of Greensburg, took over the sheriff's office from Phillips in 1998, but on February 5, 2007, Ficklin himself pleaded guilty on multiple counts involving his role in operating "chop shops" — reselling stolen automobiles and parts — using state prisoners to staff these activities and as a pit crew for his race car.
• The town was named after the Spanish imperative command "chop wood", as the area was famous for producing redwood tree lumber which was used in the construction of the city of San Francisco.
• It features Minn-E-Rods, a softball tournament, a volleyball tournament, an antique tractor pull, meals in the park, pig races, a Space Festival parade, fireworks, a pancake breakfast, a pork chop dinner, church in the park, music entertainment, crafters, a pedal tractor pull, a disc golf tournament, laser tag, a bean bag tournament, citywide garage sales, drawings, and many other activities.
• His lack of concentration causes him to march out of step with the other soldiers and accidentally chop Pete's necktie in half with his rifle bayonet when he is ordered to turn "about face".
• Old School, or arm twist ropewalk chop, a professional wrestling aerial technique used by The Undertaker.
• A blade is the sharp, cutting portion of a tool, weapon, or machine, specifically designed to puncture, chop, slice, or scrape surfaces or materials.
• Led by Billy Erb, the Stanford yell leaders paraded the Axe and used it to chop up blue and gold ribbon after every good play by the Stanford team, while shouting the Axe yell.
• A "vertical chop" to divest all KC-10s was suggested because there are fewer KC-10s than KC-135s, having three different tanker models in service after the introduction of the KC-46 would be costly, and a "horizontal cut" across the refueling fleets would achieve small efficiencies.
• By 1903, white Chicagoans also became highly interested in the increasingly popular "fad" of chop suey restaurants in Chinatown, with the cuisine developing a "mysterious" aura among whites.
• The Underhand, or horizontal chop is an axe event which involves cutting a bolt of wood set horizontally in a stanchion into two pieces.
• However, Ronnie shortchanges Bev's allowance, and she is coerced into working for Ronnie at his chop shop near Shea Stadium.

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