Chop
To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.
To seize or devour greedily; -- with up.
To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.
To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
To interrupt; -- with in or out.
To barter or truck.
To exchange; substitute one thing for another.
To purchase by way of truck.
To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.
To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.
A change; a vicissitude.
To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.
The act of chopping; a stroke.
A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.
A crack or cleft. See Chap.
A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.
A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.
The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.
Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.
A permit or clearance.
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Chop Quotations
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln
The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.
Henry Miller
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
Auguste Rodin
Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
Aldo Leopold
So he said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs and put it in a library.' I thought 'That's a turn-up for the books.'
Tommy Cooper
I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up.
Jennifer Lawrence
It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come.
Suzanne Fields
Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy.
Delia Smith
Salt is a preservative. It really holds flavor. For example, if you chop up some fresh herbs, or even just garlic, the salt will extract the moisture and preserve the flavor.
Sally Schneider
I like when guests come over early and we chop veggies and talk and play music.
John Stamos
I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.
Armie Hammer
Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf.
Arthur Baer
I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.
Freddie Hubbard
Imagine the ball has little legs, and chop them off.
Henry Cotton
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Chop Translations
chop in Dutch is fijnhakken
chop in Finnish is hakata
chop in French is hacher
chop in German is hacken, abhacken, abhacken, Kotelett
chop in Italian is tritare, costoletta
chop in Norwegian is hogge
chop in Spanish is picotear
chop in Swedish is kotlett, kotlett, hugga, hugg
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