n.
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 a : a forceful usually slanting blow with or as if with an ax or cleaver b : a sharp downward blow or stroke
2 : a small cut of meat often including part of a rib ― see LAMB illustration
3 : a mark made by or as if by chopping
4 : material that has been chopped up
5 a : a short abrupt motion (as of a wave) b : a stretch of choppy sea
6 : CHOPPER 6
7 chiefly British : AX 3 <it is the very top men who have got the chop ― Daily Mirror >