(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
Chop the butter into small pieces...
Visitors were set to work ~ping wood.
...~ped tomatoes.
VERB: V n into n, V n, V-ed
2.
A ~ is a small piece of meat cut from the ribs of a sheep or pig.
...grilled lamb ~s.
N-COUNT: usu n N
3.
When people ~ and change, they keep changing their minds about what to do or how to act. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Don’t ask me why they have ~ped and changed so much.
PHRASE: Vs inflect
4.
If something is for the ~ or is going to get the ~, it is going to be stopped or closed. If someone is for the ~, they are going to lose their job or position. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He won’t say which programmes are for the ~...
PHRASE