CHOP

vi to barter or truck.

2. chop ·noun a permit or clearance.

3. chop ·noun a change; a vicissitude.

4. chop ·noun the act of chopping; a stroke.

5. chop ·vi to purchase by way of truck.

6. chop ·vt to seize or devour greedily;

— with up.

7. chop ·noun quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

8. chop ·noun a movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

9. chop ·noun a crack or cleft. ·see chap.

10. chop ·vt & ·vi to crack. ·see chap, ·vt & i.

11. chop ·vi to vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

12. chop ·vi to interrupt;

— with in or out.

13. chop ·vi to exchange; substitute one thing for another.

14. chop ·noun a jaw of an animal;

— commonly in the ·pl ·see chops.

15. chop ·vi to do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

xvi. chop ·noun a piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

xvii. chop ·vi to make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

xviii. chop ·vi to wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

xix. chop ·vt to sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide;

— usually with off or down.

xx. chop ·vt to cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince;

— often with up.

xxi. chop ·noun the land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, east chop or west chop. ·see chops.