chop
chop
ʧɑp
chaap
/t‌ʃˈɒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "chop"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋ āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cut something into pieces using a knife, etc.
Transitive: to chop sth
to chop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef chops garlic finely to enhance the flavor of the dish.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āĻĨāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϰāϏ⧁āύāϕ⧇ āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸā§‡āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϕ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

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
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They hired a professional tree surgeon to chop the diseased tree, preventing its further spread.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deliver a short, forceful blow to something
Transitive: to chop a ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The badminton player 's overhead smash was mistimed, and she ended up chopping the shuttlecock into the net.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟāύ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰāĻšā§‡āĻĄ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻžāϟāϞāĻ•āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϕ⧁āρāĻĻāĻž

to create or shape something using chopping or cutting actions
Transitive: to chop a shape or design
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sculptor carefully chopped a face out of the block of stone.
āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻ•āĻžāϟāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move with sudden, sharp, or forceful motions
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The boxer 's quick punches chopped through the air, landing solidly on his opponent.
āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŽā§āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻšā§‡āύ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻĒ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒāĻžāρāϜāϰ

a small portion of meat, typically including part of a rib
chop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The butcher prepared several pork chops for the customer.
āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϟāϞ⧇āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϟ āĻļāϟ, āϕ⧋āĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāϰ

a tennis stroke in which the ball is struck with a downward motion to impart backspin
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The player used a chop to keep the ball low.
āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟ āĻļāϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻšā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ, āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ

the jaw or lower part of the face
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The boxer 's chops were bruised after the match.
āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻšāĻžāϰ

(Nigerian; plural only) food or a meal
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He cooked delicious chops for dinner.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁ chops āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

chopped
chopper
chop
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