I. intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English choppen and chaungen to barter, from choppen to chop (barter) + and + chaungen to change, exchange
1. archaic : to buy and sell
2. : to change especially pointlessly or capriciously
a book which, however fashions may chop and change, must hold its place among the great English novels — Virginia Woolf
II. noun
( plural chops and changes )
: change , fluctuation , vicissitude
the chops and changes of a political career