chop /ˈʧɑp/
 厚肉片,排骨,砍,交換,戳記,商標(vt.)剁碎,砍,切,割斷(vi.)砍,突然轉向


 Chop, n.
 1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
 2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
 3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.


 Chop, v. i.
 1. To purchase by way of truck.
 2. Naut. To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
 3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
    Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge.   --Bacon.


 Chop, n. A change; a vicissitude.


 Chop, v. t. & i. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.


 Chop, n.
 1. The act of chopping; a stroke.
 2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
 3. A crack or cleft. See Chap.


 Chop v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.]
 1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
 2. To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
    Chop off your hand, and it to the king.   --Shak.
 3. To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [Obs.]
    Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up.   --L'estrange.


 Chop v. i.
 1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
 2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
    Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance.   --L'Estrange.
 3. To interrupt; -- with in or out.
    This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.   --Latimer.


 Chop, v. t.
 1. To barter or truck.
 2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
    We go on chopping and changing our friends.   --L'Estrange.
 To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.


 Chop, n.
 1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
 2. A permit or clearance.
 Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
 chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf.
 Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow.
 Grand chop, a ship's port clearance.

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 chop
      n 1: a small cut of meat including part of a rib
      2: a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts
         backspin on the ball [syn: chop shot]
      3: a grounder that bounces high in the air [syn: chopper]
      v 1: cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" [syn: chop up]
      2: move suddenly
      3: strike sharply, as in some sports
      4: cut with a hacking tool [syn: hack]
      5: hit sharply
      [also: chopping, chopped]