Chop
verb
To cut into pieces with a sharp tool like a knife.
She is chopping onions for the salad.
Often appears as...
- chop up
- chop down
noun
A heavy blow with a tool or weapon.
He gave the log a sharp chop with the axe.
Often appears as...
- give a chop
- take a chop
noun
A piece of meat cut from a part of an animal, especially a pig or sheep.
We'll have pork chops for dinner.
Often appears as...
- pork chop
- lamb chop
verb
To change one's opinion or actions suddenly or frequently.
He's notorious for chopping and changing his mind.
Often appears as...
- chop and change
- chop between
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Informal
verb
In sports like tennis or cricket, to hit the ball with a short, sharp, downward stroke.
He chopped the ball back to his opponent.
Often appears as...
- chop back
- chop forward
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To cut into pieces with a sharp tool like a knife.
She is chopping onions for the salad.
Often appears as...
- chop up
- chop down
noun
A heavy blow with a tool or weapon.
He gave the log a sharp chop with the axe.
Often appears as...
- give a chop
- take a chop
noun
A piece of meat cut from a part of an animal, especially a pig or sheep.
We'll have pork chops for dinner.
Often appears as...
- pork chop
- lamb chop
verb
To change one's opinion or actions suddenly or frequently.
He's notorious for chopping and changing his mind.
Often appears as...
- chop and change
- chop between
Usage tips
Informal
verb
In sports like tennis or cricket, to hit the ball with a short, sharp, downward stroke.
He chopped the ball back to his opponent.
Often appears as...
- chop back
- chop forward
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Emphasizes the use of physical force or effort to cut something.
You'll need to chop the carrots finely for the soup.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Kitchen
Used for more than food; anything requiring similar cutting action.
They had to chop through the jungle to advance.
Pro Tip 3/3Action Speed
Often implies a quick or vigorous action, not necessarily careful or precise.
He quickly chopped the wood before the storm.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Emphasizes the use of physical force or effort to cut something.
You'll need to chop the carrots finely for the soup.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Kitchen
Used for more than food; anything requiring similar cutting action.
They had to chop through the jungle to advance.
Pro Tip 3/3Action Speed
Often implies a quick or vigorous action, not necessarily careful or precise.
He quickly chopped the wood before the storm.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Emphasizes the use of physical force or effort to cut something.
You'll need to chop the carrots finely for the soup.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Kitchen
Used for more than food; anything requiring similar cutting action.
They had to chop through the jungle to advance.
Pro Tip 3/3Action Speed
Often implies a quick or vigorous action, not necessarily careful or precise.
He quickly chopped the wood before the storm.
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Science can answer moral...
I chopped his head off. And that was the most compassionate thing I could do." If you get all those parts aligned, yes I think you could probably be feeling the emotion of love. But again, then we have to talk about well-being in a larger context. It's all of us in this together,
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Caribou Blanket PIPE Life...
way of life it's a special feeling when you've got your food and you're betting on a mountain that you can see right out the window while you're in your cabin that's what subsistence living is it's just nice just like doing the dishes it's like chopping firewood working on a
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"To This Day" ... for...
From there, I was sent to another small room with a really nice lady who asked me all kinds of questions about my life at home. I saw no reason to lie. As far as I was concerned, life was pretty good. I told her, whenever I'm sad, my grandmother gives me karate chops.
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How to speak monkey: The...
everything she has to say. Mixed in with chirping sonatas from high above is the constant thud of a machete chopping trees. Shakira's habitat in Colombia is being cut down, piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin,
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How to use rhetoric to...
The point is to use factual knowledge to convince the audience, as in Sojourner Truth's argument for women's "I have as much muscle as any man and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed
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I grew up in the...
We spent long hours talking about theology and Judaism and life while we washed dishes in their kosher kitchen and chopped vegetables for dinner. They treated us like family. They held nothing against us, and again I was astonished.
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Queen Ant Mating Season...
If he doesn't, he'll be for the chop. They try to clip his wings so he'll fit through the nest entrance. But he cooperates. Using spikes at the end of his abdomen, he pulls one off himself.
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Savitri and Satyavan:...
glittering cities and snow-capped mountains— rejecting many men along the way. Eventually, Savitri ventured deep into the jungle, where she met a young man chopping wood.
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Why you should make...
To this machine that helps me chop vegetables. I'm not an engineer. I did not study engineering in school. But I was a super ambitious student growing up.
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Carl Joshua Ncube:...
and then what you want to do what we want to do is want to chop up some till we're gonna chop up some deal we're gonna sprinkle it all over all salmon
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Science can answer moral...
I chopped his head off. And that was the most compassionate thing I could do." If you get all those parts aligned, yes I think you could probably be feeling the emotion of love. But again, then we have to talk about well-being in a larger context. It's all of us in this together,
Video examples
Caribou Blanket PIPE Life...
way of life it's a special feeling when you've got your food and you're betting on a mountain that you can see right out the window while you're in your cabin that's what subsistence living is it's just nice just like doing the dishes it's like chopping firewood working on a
Video examples
"To This Day" ... for...
From there, I was sent to another small room with a really nice lady who asked me all kinds of questions about my life at home. I saw no reason to lie. As far as I was concerned, life was pretty good. I told her, whenever I'm sad, my grandmother gives me karate chops.
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
everything she has to say. Mixed in with chirping sonatas from high above is the constant thud of a machete chopping trees. Shakira's habitat in Colombia is being cut down, piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin,
Video examples
How to use rhetoric to...
The point is to use factual knowledge to convince the audience, as in Sojourner Truth's argument for women's "I have as much muscle as any man and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed
Video examples
I grew up in the...
We spent long hours talking about theology and Judaism and life while we washed dishes in their kosher kitchen and chopped vegetables for dinner. They treated us like family. They held nothing against us, and again I was astonished.
Video examples
Queen Ant Mating Season...
If he doesn't, he'll be for the chop. They try to clip his wings so he'll fit through the nest entrance. But he cooperates. Using spikes at the end of his abdomen, he pulls one off himself.
Video examples
Savitri and Satyavan:...
glittering cities and snow-capped mountains— rejecting many men along the way. Eventually, Savitri ventured deep into the jungle, where she met a young man chopping wood.
Video examples
Why you should make...
To this machine that helps me chop vegetables. I'm not an engineer. I did not study engineering in school. But I was a super ambitious student growing up.
Video examples
Carl Joshua Ncube:...
and then what you want to do what we want to do is want to chop up some till we're gonna chop up some deal we're gonna sprinkle it all over all salmon
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Holly Hunter
American Actress
I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was nine, and I was obsessed with it, really. I wouldn't even go spend the night at a friend's unless they had a piano. But I didn't have the chops, the extraordinary talent to be able to play the piano professionally.
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Jean Stapleton
American Actress
First, you do a piece of material that begins and ends and has a flow; it's not chopped up as in a film, where in an extreme case you might be doing the last scene of the script the first day that you go to work, and you don't know enough about the character you're playing.
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson
English Actor
We have the ability to be able, if we have the right resources around us, to really do chop and change and have fun in our time and not just be stuck in one world or the other.
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Gail Simone
American Writer
I always say, if a guy writes the same lead female character type over and over, we are not seeing their writing chops so much as their dating website wishlist.
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Iliza Shlesinger
American Comedian
I have the comedic chops and intelligence to raise points and discuss both sides of whatever is on our mind as a society.
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Kristin Scott Thomas
English Actress
I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.
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Freddie Hubbard
American Musician
I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.
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Michelle Ryan
English Actress
I adore water, so it would be a real adventure to visit the Amazon before they chop down all the trees.
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Andy Serkis
English Actor
As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.
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Kemp Muhl
American Singer
When it comes to touch and feel as a musician, style is infinitely more important than chops.
Quote examples
Holly Hunter
American Actress
I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was nine, and I was obsessed with it, really. I wouldn't even go spend the night at a friend's unless they had a piano. But I didn't have the chops, the extraordinary talent to be able to play the piano professionally.
Quote examples
Jean Stapleton
American Actress
First, you do a piece of material that begins and ends and has a flow; it's not chopped up as in a film, where in an extreme case you might be doing the last scene of the script the first day that you go to work, and you don't know enough about the character you're playing.
Quote examples
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
English Actor
We have the ability to be able, if we have the right resources around us, to really do chop and change and have fun in our time and not just be stuck in one world or the other.
Quote examples
Gail Simone
American Writer
I always say, if a guy writes the same lead female character type over and over, we are not seeing their writing chops so much as their dating website wishlist.
Quote examples
Iliza Shlesinger
American Comedian
I have the comedic chops and intelligence to raise points and discuss both sides of whatever is on our mind as a society.
Quote examples
Kristin Scott Thomas
English Actress
I know people think that I always play these characters who are in control and can chop someone's head off with a look.
Quote examples
Freddie Hubbard
American Musician
I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.
Quote examples
Michelle Ryan
English Actress
I adore water, so it would be a real adventure to visit the Amazon before they chop down all the trees.
Quote examples
Andy Serkis
English Actor
As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.
Quote examples
Kemp Muhl
American Singer
When it comes to touch and feel as a musician, style is infinitely more important than chops.
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