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