CHOP


Meaning of CHOP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃɒp ]

( chops, chopping, chopped)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you chop 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 chopping wood.

...chopped tomatoes.

VERB : V n into n , V n , V-ed

2.

A chop is a small piece of meat cut from the ribs of a sheep or pig.

...grilled lamb chops.

N-COUNT : usu n N

3.

When people chop and change , they keep changing their minds about what to do or how to act. ( BRIT INFORMAL )

Don’t ask me why they have chopped and changed so much.

PHRASE : Vs inflect

4.

If something is for the chop or is going to get the chop , it is going to be stopped or closed. If someone is for the chop , they are going to lose their job or position. ( BRIT INFORMAL )

He won’t say which programmes are for the chop...

PHRASE

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