āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to chop
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to cut something into pieces using a knife, etc.
Transitive: to chop sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef chops garlic finely to enhance the flavor of the dish.
āĻļā§āĻĢ āĻĨāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āϰāϏā§āύāĻā§ āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to use repeated, forceful strikes with an axe or another implement to sever the base of a tree or similar plant
Transitive: to chop a tree
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They hired a professional tree surgeon to chop the diseased tree, preventing its further spread.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to deliver a short, forceful blow to something
Transitive: to chop a ball
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The badminton player 's overhead smash was mistimed, and she ended up chopping the shuttlecock into the net.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋāύā§āĻāύ āĻā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻšā§āĻĄ āϏā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļā§āώ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻļāĻžāĻāϞāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻĻāĻž
to create or shape something using chopping or cutting actions
Transitive: to chop a shape or design
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sculptor carefully chopped a face out of the block of stone.
āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to move with sudden, sharp, or forceful motions
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The boxer 's quick punches chopped through the air, landing solidly on his opponent.
āĻŦāĻā§āϏāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻŽā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏāĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āώā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻšā§āύā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāϰ
a small portion of meat, typically including part of a rib
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The butcher prepared several pork chops for the customer.
āĻāϏāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āϝāĻŧā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϞā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻ, āĻā§āĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāϰ
a tennis stroke in which the ball is struck with a downward motion to impart backspin
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The player used a chop to keep the ball low.
āĻā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāϞāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ, āĻŽā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
the jaw or lower part of the face
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The boxer 's chops were bruised after the match.
āĻŦāĻā§āϏāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āĻāĻšāĻžāϰ
(Nigerian; plural only) food or a meal
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He cooked delicious chops for dinner.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏā§āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ chops āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
chopped
chopper
chop
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